UNITED

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GENERAL

ST/SG/AC.10/C.3/33

3 August 1999

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Original: ENGLISH AND FRENCH
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE TRANSPORT

OF DANGEROUS GOODS

Sub-Committee of Experts on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods

(6-17 December 1999*/)

PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTEENTH SESSION

to be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,

starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, 6 December 1999

NOTE: Annotations to the agenda or a revised annotated agenda will be prepared on the basis of documents submitted to the secretariat BEFORE 17 September 1999 and will be circulated after that date, with a provisional timetable.

1.	Adoption of the agenda

2.	Development of provisions for the transport of gases

(a)	Gas cylinders and other gas receptacles

(b)	Multiple element gas containers (MEGCs)

3.	Transport in bulk in portable tanks and freight containers

(a)	Miscellaneous draft amendments to Chapters 4.2 and 6.6

(b)	New provisions for the transport of solid substances in tanks

(c)	New provisions for the transport of solid subtances in bulk in freight containers

4.	Transport of dangerous goods documentation

5.	Miscellaneous draft amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

(a)	Listing and classification

(b)	Organic peroxides/Self-reactive substances

(c)	Lithium batteries

(d)	Chapter 3.4 (Limited quantities)

(e)	Packagings

(f)	Infectious substances

(g)	Toxic by inhalation substances

(h)	Segregation

(i)	Miscellaneous

6.	Global harmonization of systems of classification and labelling of chemicals

(a)	General

(b)	Health hazards and hazards to the environment

(c)	Physical hazards

(d)	Hazard communication

7.	Other business

8.	Adoption of the report

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Note 1:	At its twentieth session, the Committee of Experts elected Mr. S. Benassai (Italy) and Mr. F. Wybenga (United States of America) respectively Chairman and Vice-Chairman for the 1999-2000 biennium (ST/SG/AC.10/25, para. 152).

Note 2:	A working group on the transport of gases (item 2) will be convened in parallel on Monday 6 December in the afternoon after discussion of item 2 in plenary session. The working group will continue working in parallel during the first week as necessary and will report back to the Plenary.

Note 3:	The deadline for submission of documents is 17 September 1999. Delegations are invited to submit their proposals as soon as possible and not later than 17 September, and to inform the secretariat at the latest by 10 September of any document in preparation that would not have yet been submitted.

Note 4:	For reasons of economy, delegations are invited to keep their own copies of documents and to bring them to the meeting.

Note 5:	Documents may be consulted in their original language through INTERNET:

http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.htm

Note 6:	In view of the new security arrangements for access to the Palais des Nations, delegations are asked to inform the secretariat (ECE Transport Division) of their exact composition. Access to the Palais des Nations will only be granted to those in possession of an identity card issued by the Safety and Security Section, Villa les Feuillantines, 13, Avenue de la Paix (see map on last page).

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