Directive (EU) 2022/1999 on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codification) (codification)

What it is

to establish uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codification of Council Directive 95/50/EC). PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: In the interests of clarity and transparency of the law, the purpose of the proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Directive 95/50/EC on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road, which has been substantially amended several times. The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it, without in any way detracting from their content, and will simply bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself. The European Parliament adopted by 598 votes to 1, with 5 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codified text). Parliament adopted its position at first reading in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure. In the opinion of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question is a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance. The Directive introduces a uniform system of checks at European level on vehicles carrying dangerous goods by road to ensure a high level of safety. It applies to checks carried out by Member States on the transport of dangerous goods by road in vehicles travelling in their territory or entering it from a third country. It does not apply to the transport of dangerous goods by vehicles belonging to or under the responsibility of the armed forces. - obliges Member States to ensure a sufficient level of checks on the vehicles concerned throughout their territory while, where possible, avoiding the proliferation of such checks; - provides for checks to be carried out using a list of common items applicable to the transport of dangerous goods throughout the Union; - establishes a list of infringements deemed sufficiently serious by all Member States to result in the application to the vehicles concerned of appropriate measures depending on the circumstances or the requirements of safety. The vehicles concerned may be immobilised either on-the-spot or at a place designated for that purpose by the authorities carrying out the check, and required to be brought into conformity before continuing their journey or may be subject to other appropriate measures, depending on the circumstances or the requirements of safety including, where appropriate, refusal to allow such vehicles to enter the Union; - provides for checks on undertakings as a preventive measure or where serious infringements of the legislation on the transport of dangerous goods have been detected at the roadside in order to ensure compliance with the safety standards for the transport of…

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