ADR is implemented into UK law by The Carriage of dangerous goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (CDG)
The purpose of ADR is to ensure that dangerous goods (including clinical and other dangerous waste) being carried by road are done so in a safe and controlled manner and can cross international borders freely, as long as goods, vehicles and drivers comply with its provisions. ADR has been in force since 1968 and is administered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). It's updated every 2 years to take account of technological advances.
ADR categorises dangerous goods and substances into the following categories:
Class 1 Explosive substances and articles
Class 2 Gases
Class 3 Flammable liquids
Class 4.1 Flammable solids, self-reactive substances, polymerizing substances, and solid-desensitized explosives
Class 4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
Class 4.3 Substances which in contact with water, emit flammable gases
Class 5.1 Oxidizing substances
Class 5.2 Organic peroxides
Class 6.1 Toxic substances
Class 6.2 Infectious substances
Class 7 Radioactive Materials
Class 8 Corrosive substances
Class 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles
Documented appointment of a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor
Records of classification of goods, including classification criteria and relevant test methods
Records and/or use of packaging (including mixed packing)
Records and/or use of tanks (including filling)
Consignment procedures (including marking and labelling of packages and placarding and marking of means of transport as well as documentation and information required)
Records and provisions concerning the construction, testing and approval of packages and tanks
Records and/or use of means of transport (including loading, mixed loading and unloading).
Vehicle and equipment compliance
Risk assessments, security plans and contingency plans
Training programme
Refer to ADR Volume 1.1.3 for Exemptions and, Part 3 for "Dangerous goods list, special provisions and exemptions related to limited and excepted quantities.
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