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Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, Minister of Equipment, Transport, Housing, Tourism and the Sea and Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development,
Having regard to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 as amended on the approximation of the legislation of member States concerning the transport of dangerous goods by road, as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/28/EC of 7 April 2003;
Considering Act No. 263 of 5 February 1942 on the transport of dangerous substances;
Having regard to the decision of 1 June 2001, last amended by the order of 5 December 2002 on the carriage of dangerous goods by road (known as "ADR");
Having regard to the decision of 5 December 2002 concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by inland navigation (called "ADNR Order");
In view of the opinion of the Inter-Ministerial Commission on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (CITMD) in its session of 11 June 2003,
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Section 3 of the above-mentioned Order of December 5, 2002 (called "ADNR Order") is amended as follows:
“Art. 3. - Decisions and notices of the competent authority.
“1. Where this order or its annex requires a decision of the French competent authority or the issuance of a certificate by that authority, the competent authority shall be the Minister for Transport, except for the carriage of radioactive and fissile material for civilian use, for which the Minister for Industry and the Minister for the Environment shall jointly exercise the powers of the competent authority.
“2. With respect to national transport and international transport originating in France, where the Annex to this Order requires a decision of the competent authority or the issuance of a certificate by that authority, the Minister for Transport is competent, excluding the transport of radioactive and fissile material for civilian use, for which the Minister for Industry and the Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development jointly exercise the powers of the competent authority.
“3. The provisions relating to the notification of the transport of dangerous substances of Class 7 referred to in 5.1.5.2.4 shall apply in the manner defined in Article 12 of this Order.
“4. For the execution of national and international transport, the following decisions, marks and documents are also recognized when they are taken by the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union, the Contracting States to the agreement establishing the European Economic Area or the States signatories of the Rhine Convention other than France, or by the experts, the bodies or services recognized or approved in particular by these competent authorities, subject to compliance with the specific conditions of validity
" - vessel certificates (8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.6.1);
" - classification certificates (9.1.0.88, 9.2.0.88, 9.3.1.8, 9.3.2.8, 9.3.3.8);
" - certificates of approval of Type B(U)-85 package models that do not carry low-dispersible radioactive material or fissile material, referred to in 1.6.6.2 of the ADR (until 31 December 2003);
" - Certificates of approval of Type B(U)-96 package models that do not carry low-dispersible radioactive material or fissile material referred to in 6.4.22.2 of the ADR;
" - certificates of approval of Type C-96 package models that do not carry fissile material, referred to in 6.4.22.2 of the ADR;
" - certificates of approval of radioactive material in special form, referred to in 6.4.22.5 of the ADR;
" - certificates of approval of packages containing 0.1 kg or more of uranium hexafluoride, referred to in 6.4.22.1.b of the ADR (after 31 December 2003);
" - the training certificates for the transport of dangerous goods taken in 8.2.2.8;
" - valid control sheets of extinguishers, hoses and drying systems;
" - documents relating to electrical installations, gas detectors and special equipment. »
The Director of Land Transport and the Director General of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection are responsible, each with regard to the execution of this Order, to be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, 7 July 2003.
Minister of Equipment, Transportation,
housing, tourism and the sea,
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Director of Land Transport,
P. Raulin
Minister of Economy,
finance and industry,
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection:
The general engineer of mines,
P. Saint Raymond
The Minister of Ecology,
and Sustainable Development
For the Minister and by delegation:
By preventing the Director General
Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection:
The general engineer of mines,
P. Saint Raymond
