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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,
Considering Act No. 263 of 5 February 1942 on the transport of dangerous substances;
Having regard to the amended decision of 1 June 2001 concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by road called "arrest ADR";
Having regard to the amended decision of 5 June 2001 concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by rail, the so-called RID Order;
Considering the opinion of the Inter-Ministerial Commission on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (CITMD) consulted on 17 November 2003,
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Bureau Veritas is a body of expertise and certification under the above-mentioned 6.2.1.4 and 6.2.1.6 ADR and RID orders.
Bureau Veritas is an expert approved under 6.8.2.4.5. and 6.8.3.4.16 of the above-mentioned ADR and RID orders.
Bureau Veritas is a registered body under Article 30, paragraph 3, of the ADR Order.
Bureau Veritas is an expert approved under paragraphs 3.1 (4), 4 and 5.2 of Appendix D. 1 of the ADR Order.
Bureau Veritas is a registered body under paragraph 2.6 of Appendix D. 8 of the ADR Order.
Pursuant to Article 39 of the ADR Order, the regional branches of industry, research and the environment (DRIRE) control the activity of Bureau Veritas.
To conduct the tests, inspections and verifications of the tank cars provided for in 6.8.2.4.1 and 6.8.2.4.4 of the RID Order, the Veritas Office shall be delegation of the competent service of the SNCF.
Veritas Bureau shall, in order to carry out the operations arising out of its approvals referred to in sections 1 to 5, comply with the terms and conditions set out in the procedures established in this regard by the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Industry and the Minister for the Environment.
Bureau Veritas is required to observe any directives and procedures relating to the application of the regulatory provisions notified to it either by the Minister responsible for transport or by the Minister responsible for industry and the Minister responsible for the environment, according to their powers specified in Article 3 of the ADR and RID Orders.
This approval may be withdrawn, suspended or restricted in the event of a serious breach of the obligations established by ADR and RID or under the conditions of Article 8 of this Order.
The provisions of this Order, revocable at any time, are in force only until 31 December 2004.
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 on 16 December 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
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