Rail carriage of dangerous goods: The global approach

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Rail carriage of dangerous goods:

The global approach

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Jochen Conrad

Head of Dangerous Goods Department OTIF

Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail

jochen.conrad@otif.org

Tel. +41 31 359 10 17

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• COTIF

• Dangerous goods regulations – worldwide and mode specific

• What are dangerous goods?

• Closer look on RID

Agenda

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• COTIF

• Dangerous goods regulations – worldwide and mode specific

• What are dangerous goods?

• Closer look on RID

Agenda

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• RID = Regulations Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail

• Appendix C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)

• since 1893

• first restructured edition 1 July 2001

• 47 RID Contracting States

• Responsible OTIF Committee: RID Committee of Experts

• revision every two years

RID

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Scope of application of RID - Appendix C to COTIF

Situation on 1 May 2019

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• COTIF

• What are dangerous goods?

• Dangerous goods regulations – worldwide and mode specific

• Closer look on RID

Agenda

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RID

What are dangerous goods?

Substances or articles that when carried may pose a risk to people, property or the environment, due to their chemical or physical properties.

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Explosives substances and articles:

• TNT, dynamite, fireworks

Flammable gases:

• Natural gas compressed (CNG) or liquified (LNG)

• Liquified Petroleum Gases (LPG) – propane, butane

Examples of dangerous goods

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Flammable liquids:

• Gasoline (petrol), kerosene, diesel, acetone

Toxic substances:

• Pesticides

Radioactive substances

Examples of dangerous goods

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Corrosive substances:

• Acids, alkalis

Miscellaneous substances:

• Lithium batteries, asbestos, air-bag inflators, dry ice

Examples of dangerous goods

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Dangerous goods in our daily life

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Dangerous goods in our daily life

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• COTIF

• What are dangerous goods?

• Dangerous goods regulations – worldwide and mode specific

• Closer look on RID

Agenda

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Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods

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UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – UN Model Regulations

• Responsible Sub-Committee of the ECOSOC Committee of experts on the TDG and on the GHS :

UN Sub-Committee on the transport of dangerous goods, two sessions per year

• 27 members with voting right

• Other observer states without voting right

• International governmental organisations (IMO, ICAO, WHO, ILO, OTIF, ...)

• International non-governmental organisations (NGOs) (chemical industry, gas industry, packaging industry, carrier, …)

• Tasks: Common provisions for all modes, in particular classification, packing provisions

• At the end of a biennium (pair years) one session of the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

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Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods

UN Model Regulations

Orange Book

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Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods

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UN

Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Model Regulations)

ICAO Technical Instructions

(aviation)

IMDG Code (maritime)

Regulations for the (European) Land Modes

RID (rail)

ADR (road)

ADN

(inland waterways) Annex 2 to

SMGS (rail OSJD)

In the scope of Directive 2008/68/EC → applicable for EU domestic traffic

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Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods

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UN

(aviation)

Regulations for the Land Modes

RID (rail)

ADR (road)

ADN

SMGS (rail OSJD)

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• Two sessions per year (March and September)

• Harmonisation with UN Model Regulations

• Commun provisions for RID, ADR and ADN

• RID/ADR tanks

• Transport conditions for inland transport

• Permanent working groups of the Joint Meeting

• on tanks

• on standards

• Other current working groups of the Joint Meeting

• on BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion)

• on the transport of wastes containing dangerous goods

• on the improvement of the dangerous goods accident report

Tasks of the RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting

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Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods

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UN

(aviation)

Regulations for the (European) Land Modes

RID (rail)

ADR (road)

ADN

SMGS (rail OSJD)

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 Prepared by the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group (one one-week meeting per year (November))

 Endorsement of the decisions of the RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting

 Interpretation of RID

 Limited provisions on the construction of wagons

 Training provisions

 Operational provisions

 Provisions for hand luggage and registered luggage

 Accident analysis

 Working group on tank and vehicle technology

Tasks of the RID Committee of Experts

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Current work topic of the working group on tank and vehicle technology

Extra-large tank-containers

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Example for learning by occurences

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2019 01.01.202122ndeditionof UN Model Regulations 31.12.202101.07.2021

UN Biennium 22^ndedition

March 2020 March 2022

Biennium of the RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting

May 2020RID CommitteeofExperts Last decisionsforRID 2021

Time schedule for amendments to RID/ADR/ADN

MandatoryapplicationofRID 2021

UN Biennium 23^rd edition

Work on RID 2021 Work on RID 2023

Entry intoforceofRID 2021 May 2021WG on HarmonisationwithUN

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 UN Model Regulations:

• English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese

 ADR, ADN:

• English, French, Russian (in addition available in all official languages of the EU Member States)

 RID:

• English, French, German, (Russian), (in addition available in all official languages of the EU Member States)

 Annex 2 to SMGS:

• Russian, Chinese

Languages

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 Annex 2 to SMGS contains Regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail in OSJD Member States

 Alignment of Annex 2 to SMGS with the structure of RID 2001

 Quicker incorporation of amended RID provisions into SMGS

 Simplification of traffic between COTIF and SMGS Member States

 Start of wider harmonisation procedure in November 2012

RID – Annex 2 to SMGS

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OTIF – OSJD – EU Member States

Situation on 1 May 2019

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 Actual version: RID 2021

 Applicable since 1 January 2021

 Transitional period until 30 June 2021

 Mandatory application of RID 2021 from 1 July 2021

RID 2021

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• COTIF

• Dangerous goods regulations – worldwide and mode specific

• What are dangerous goods?

• Closer look on RID

Agenda

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 Divided in 7 parts

 Part 1: General requirements

 Part 2: Classification

 Part 3: Dangerous goods lists, special provisions and exemptions related to limited and excepted quantities

 Part 4: Packing and tank provisions

 Part 5: Consignment procedures

 Part 6: Requirements for the construction and testing of packagings, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), large packagings and tanks

 Part 7: Provisions concerning the conditions of carriage, loading, unloading and handling

RID

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• Scope and applicability

• Definitions

• Training of persons involved in the carriage of dangerous goods

• Safety obligations of the participants

– Main participants: consignor, carrier, consignee

– Other participants: loader, packer, filler, tank container operator, tank- wagon operator, railway infrastructure manager, unloader

• Derogations

• Transitional provisions

• Safety adviser

• Report on occurrences during transport of dangerous goods

• Security provisions

Part 1 - General requirements

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Class 1:

Explosive substances

and articles (e.g. fireworks)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 2:

Gases (e.g. butane, propane)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 3:

Flammable liquids

(e.g. diesel fuel, gazoline)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 4.1:

Flammable solids, self- reactive substances and solid desensitized

explosives (e.g. sulphur)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 4.2:

Substances liable to

spontaneous combustion (e.g. phosphorus)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 4.3:

Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases (e.g.

lithium)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 5.1:

Oxidizing substances (e.g. perchloric acid)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 5.2:

Organic peroxides

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 6.1:

Toxic substances

(e.g. strychnine, nicotine)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 6.2:

Infectious substances (e.g. clinical waste)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 7:

Radioactive material (e.g. uranium)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 8:

Corrosive substances (e.g. sulphuric acid)

Part 2 - Classification

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Class 9:

Miscellaneous

dangerous substances and articles (e.g. lithium

batteries, asbestos)

Part 2 - Classification

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Table A: List of dangerous goods in UN number order

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Table B: Alphabetical list of dangerous goods

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• Use of packagings

• Use of UN portable tanks

• Use of tank-wagons and RID/ADR/ADN tank containers

Part 4 - Packing and tank provisions

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Part 5 - Consignment procedures

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• Documentation

• Orange-coloured plate marking

• upper half: hazard identification number

• bottom half:

UN number

Part 5 - Consignment procedures

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