Safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods

Last October I expressed my views on the Hatzidakis report on the transport of dangerous goods by rail.

I would like to briefly comment on the Commission' s proposal to amend the directive on the transport of dangerous goods by road.

(FR) It is with great satisfaction that I welcome this report on improved harmonisation in the training of safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods.

In order to facilitate achieving this objective, Directive 96 35 EC provided for the appointment of safety advisers for dangerous goods who would have appropriate professional training.

It merely prolongs transitional rules by postponing deadlines, deletes provisions which are no longer applicable, and lays down the procedures for a) carrying out the ad hoc transportation of dangerous goods and b) enacting less stringent national regulations, in particular for the transport of very small amounts of dangerous goods within strictly defined local areas.

The report looks at the issue of harmonising the examination requirements for safety advisors working in the areas of transportation of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway.

But I believe that we should do all we can to keep the transport of dangerous goods to a minimum, in all countries, whether they are transit countries or not.

Firms involved in the transport of dangerous goods and in the loading and unloading operations related to such transportation have been obliged, quite rightly, to comply with regulations regarding risk prevention, whether road, rail or inland waterway transport is involved.

I shall point out that a directive on the approximation of Member State legislation on the transport of dangerous goods by road came into force on 1 January 1997.

The relevant standards which have been laid down in another Directive, 95 35 EC, seem sufficiently adequate to advise people in a responsible manner on the organisation of the transport of dangerous goods.

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The Commission decides whether the Member States may impose certain rules of their own. In so doing, it is supported by a committee of experts on the transport of dangerous goods under the regulatory procedure.

The proposal to be discussed today, to amend the directive on the transport of dangerous goods by road, dates from May 1999, however, and could not therefore take account of the latest comitology procedure.

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Commissioner, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I can be quite frank in saying that I welcome the Council's common position on harmonising the training of safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail or inland waterway.

Essentially, my opinion is as follows I deplore the fact that, in a field as crucial as the transport of dangerous goods, we keep putting off the adoption of harmonised standards to the detriment of human beings and the environment.

In recent years, the transportation of dangerous goods nationally and internationally has increased considerably, increasing the risk of accidents.

Very large quantities of dangerous goods are transported around the EU, both on roads and railways and by sea.

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Consequently, I have tabled some amendments to Mr Koch' s intrinsically excellent report, which have been adopted by our committee. My amendments concern the frost resistance ratings for tankers carrying these dangerous goods.

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That is why we can only hope and we should resolve all of this this week that, in 2001, we will finally have Community regulations for the transport of dangerous goods by road so that we have a degree of legal certainty here and also so that our roads are a good deal safer.

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Secondly, by adopting this directive we achieve a) an increase in safety when dangerous goods are both transported and transhipped b) a reduction in distortions of competition resulting from wide variations in national training structures and training costs and c) equal opportunities for safety advisers on the European labour market.

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The Union and the Member States concerned shall, within the framework of their respective competences, adopt and closely coordinate measures for the development and promotion of rail and combined transport for the trans Alpine carriage of goods.

This is exactly what happened in the case of transport of such goods by rail, except for the fact that a time limit had been decided.

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the directive on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road, which entered into force on 1 January 1997, contains a number of transitional provisions which are only valid for a limited period of time, the term of validity being linked to the completion of specific standardisation work by the CEN, that is the European Committee for Standardisation.

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In line with the usual procedure, it is the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) which puts forward standards in this area, and they are then integrated in to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed in Geneva in 1957 (known generally as ADR), applicable throughout Europe, whose terms and conditions form the basis for the legislation applicable within the EU.

Report (A5 0104 1999) by Mr Koch, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 94 55 EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (COM(1999)0158 C5 0004 1999 1999 0083(COD))

Can the Commission provide an assurance that Directive 93 75 concerning minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods will be implemented correctly in all Member States?

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We must regulate the use of flags of convenience, make double hulls mandatory for the transport of polluting or dangerous materials, work on technological innovations in order to be able to process or recover hydrocarbons at sea.

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