European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.Adr Information • October 8th, 2024
The carriage of dangerous goods by road is regulated by an International Agreement (ADR) which is regularly amended and updated every two years. The original agreement was called “The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR)” and was signed at Geneva on 30 September 1957. Currently the number of countries which adhere to ADR is 48. The Agreement itself is short and simple. It consists of 17 articles which contain legislative principles and the procedures for Agreement subscription, application and revision, and of two Annexes that list all the instruction and provisions; Annex A contains the conditions for the goods in question, in particular as regards their packaging and labelling, and in Annex B are laid down the provision regarding the construction, equipment and operation of the vehicles carrying the dangerous goods.
