Dangerous Goods
Introduction

Dangerous goods are subject to transport, workplace, storage, consumer and environment protection regulations, to prevent accidents to persons, property or the environment, to other goods or to the means of transport employed.
To ensure consistency between all these regulatory systems, the United Nations has developed mechanisms for the harmonization of hazard classification criteria and communication tools, and for transport conditions for all modes for transport. UNECE also administers regional agreements for effective implementation of these mechanisms for road, rail and inland waterways transport of dangerous goods.
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24 March 2023
ADR Multilateral agreements: Poland signed M347 on Carriage of monkeypox virus
23 February 2023
ADR Multilateral agreements: Netherlands signed M350 proposed by Germany on Carriage of dangerous goods in machinery, apparatus or articles
13 February 2023
ADR Multilateral agreements: San Marino signed M351 proposed by United Kingdom on Exemption from appointing a safety adviser for consignors
ADR Tunnel restrictions: Poland
7 February 2023
ADR Competent authorities: Notification in accordance with 1.8.4 (other competent authorities) - Ukraine (update)
3 January 2023
3 January 2023
ADR 2023 (Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) available online
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