Multilateral special agreement RID 1/2023
Published 25 January 2023
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1. Under section 1.5.1 of RID, concerning the exemption from appointing a safety adviser for consignors – RID 1.8.3.2 (c)
By derogation from the provisions of sub-section 1.8.3.2 of RID, relating to exemptions from appointing a safety adviser for the carriage of dangerous goods, this Agreement provides that the exemption within RID 1.8.3.2 (c) shall also apply to undertakings the main or secondary activities of which are not the consignment of dangerous goods but which occasionally engage in the national consignment of dangerous goods posing little danger or risk of pollution.
This agreement shall be valid until 31 December 2024 for the carriage on the territories of those RID Contracting Parties signatory to this agreement. If it is revoked before then by one of the signatories, it shall remain valid until the above-mentioned date only for carriage on the territories of those RID Contracting Parties signatory to this agreement which have not revoked it.
Done in London on 10 January 2023
The competent authority for RID in the United Kingdom
[Signed] Helen North
Head of Frameworks and Engagement, Dangerous Goods
Department for Transport