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ADR 2003 (files)

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road

Restructured ADR applicable as from 1 January 2003

From this page it is possible to view and download the full text of the ADR 2003, applicable as from 1 January 2003, in pdf format. The text of Annexes A and B of ADR has been divided into several Parts. Due to the length of some of the files and to facilitate their downloading, some of them have been split into several files containing the text of one or more chapters. Depending on your needs, you may wish to download the files containing the text of the different Parts as a whole or to download the Chapters independently. The Part 1 to Part 9 files are linked by bookmarks which allow you to navigate from one file to another. This function is not available in the split files.

 
NOTE: The layout of the texts is not the same as in the UN official publication. Furthermore, depending on the PC used, some symbols, fonts or equations may not be correctly displayed. To comply with the requirements of ADR, refer to the official UN publication on paper.
 
 

Corrigendum 1 PDF (117KB)
Corrigendum 2 PDF (110KB)
Corrigendum 3 PDF (119KB)

Foreword, Table of contents, Agreement and Protocol of signature PDF (963KB)
Annex A: General provisions and provisions concerning dangerous substances and articles
Part 1 General provisions PDF (1243Kb)
Part 2 Classification PDF (1617Kb)
  Chapters 2.1 and 2.2 (from 2.2.1 to 2.2.51) PDF (393Kb)
  Chapter 2.2 (from 2.2.52 to 2.2.7) PDF (447Kb)
  Chapters 2.2 (from 2.2.8 to 2.2.9) and 2.3 PDF (267Kb)
Part 3 Dangerous goods list, special provisions and exemptions related to dangerous goods packed in limited quantities PDF (2029Kb)
  Chapters 3.1 and 3.2 PDF (141Kb)
  Dangerous goods list PDF (582Kb)
  Alphabetic index of substances and articles of ADR PDF (345Kb)
  Chapters 3.3 and 3.4 PDF (216Kb)
Part 4 Packing and tank provisions PDF (1554Kb)
  Chapter 4.1 PDF (659Kb)
  Chapter 4.2 PDF (337Kb)
  Chapter 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 PDF (337Kb)
Part 5 Consignment procedures PDF (911Kb)
Part 6 Requirements for the construction and testing of packagings, intermediate bulk container (IBCs), large packagings and tanks PDF (1919Kb)
  Chapters 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 PDF (687Kb)
  Chapter 6.5 PDF (242Kb)
  Chapters 6.6 and 6.7 PDF (795Kb)
  Chapters 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 PDF (338Kb)
Part 7 Provisions concerning the conditions of carriage, loading, unloading and handling PDF (741Kb)
Annex B Provisions concerning transport equipment and transport operations PDF (847Kb)
Part 8 Requirements for vehicle crews, equipment, operation and documentation
Part 9 Requirements concerning the construction and approval of vehicles