INF.24

Working Party on the Transport

of Dangerous Goods

Geneva, 8-12 November 1999

(Agenda item 2)

COMMENTS TO DOCUMENT TRANS/WP.15/1999/46 (OICA)

Transmitted by the Government of Sweden

In Part 9 there are several references to ECE-regulations and directives. In order to avoid misunderstandings ant to make ADR user-friendlier, the meaning of those regulations should be defined.

Proposal

Keep the definition of ECE-regulation in subsection 9.1.1.1, and add the following definition:

"Directive"	means provisions made jointly by the European Parliament and Council and which are binding, as to the result to be achieved, upon each Member State to which it is addressed, but shall leave to the national authorities the choice of form and methods.