Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

The "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods" apply to all modes of transport. They aim at ensuring a high level of safety by preventing accidents to persons and property and damage to the environment during transport, and at the same time, at providing a uniform regulatory framework which can be applied in all countries for national or international transport by any mode of transport. The harmonization of rules and regulations at worldwide level on the basis of these recommendations is also an important factor of trade facilitation. This edition contains additional provisions for the transport of gases and various revised provisions concerning, inter alia, the list of dangerous goods most commonly carried, dangerous goods packed in limited quantities, lithium batteries, packing instructions and transport documentation.