
Transport of dangerous goods needs to be regulated in order to prevent, as far as possible, accidents to persons or property and damage to the environment, the means of transport employed or to other goods. However, with different regulations in every country and for different modes of transport, international trade in chemicals and dangerous products would be seriously impeded, if not made impossible and unsafe. Moreover, dangerous goods are also subject to other kinds of regulations, e.g. work safety regulations, consumer protection regulations, storage regulations, environment protection regulations.
In order to ensure consistency between all these regulatory systems, the United Nations has developed mechanisms for the harmonization of hazard classification criteria and hazard communication tools (GHS) as well as for transport conditions for all modes for transport (TDG). In addition, the UNECE administers regional agreements that ensure the effective implementation of these mechanisms as far as transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterways is concerned.
Meetings and Events
Last added documents
1 February 2012
ADR - Multilateral agreements - Update (M245)
ADR 2011 - Corrigendum 1 (English, French and Russian) and corrigendum 2 (English only) available online
26 January 2012
ADR - Multilateral agreements - Update (M244, M246, M248)
24 January 2012
ADR - Multilateral agreements - Update (M234, M242)
United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods - Manual of tests and criteria - Revision 5 - Amendment 1 available online
9 January 2012
Status of ADR - Update
Amendments to the 16th revised edition of the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations
6 January 2012
ADR Country information - Update (Netherlands)
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria, Amendment 1 (English, French, Spanish) available online
3 January 2012
ADR Multilateral agreements - Update (M247)
25 November 2011
GHS implementation - Update (WHO recommended classification of pesticides by hazard; International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC); Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs))
26 October 2011
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) - 4th revised edition available online (Russian version)
13 October 2011
Information on GHS implementation: Update (Uruguay)
12 September 2011
Information on GHS implementation: Update (Mexico and Implementation through transport of dangerous goods legal instruments)
Legal News
ADR: Accession by Tajikistan
(C.N.815.2011.TREATIES-4)
ADR: Acceptance of corrections to annexes A and B (C.N.690.2011.TREATIES-3)
ADN: Ratification by the Czech Republic
(C.N.603.2011.TREATIES-3, 21 September 2011)
ADR: Proposals of corrections to annexes A and B
(C.N.435.2011.TREATIES-2)
ADR: Accession by Iceland
(C.N.76.2011.TREATIES-1)
ADN: Accession by Switzerland
(C.N.64.2011.TREATIES-2)
ADN: Accession by Serbia
(C.N.2.2011.TREATIES-1)
ADN: Accession by Poland
(C.N.411.2010.TREATIES-5)
ADR: Accession by Turkey
(C.N.104.2010.TREATIES-2)
ADN: Accession by Ukraine
(C.N.32.2010.TREATIES-1)
ADN: Ratification by Slovakia
(C.N.745.2009.TREATIES-6)
