• Dangerous-loads code • • is in force • .
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• The European Agreement on the • International Carriage of Goods by Road (ADR), to which the UK is a signatory.
• came into force on January 29. Most • West European countries are expected • to become a party to it. • The substance of the agreement is • • contained in two technical Annexes • whose provisions will become opera: tional on July 29 this year and which • set out in detail the way in which • dangerous substances must be packed. labelled and transported in road veh• • icles of approved construction.
• Statutory controls on the conveyance • of dangerous goods by road within the • UK are not affected by the agreement, • • which is intended to lay down the con • ditions for international traffic among •• member states. • The two Annexes are obtainable in • one volume from HMSO. price 27s. 6d. •