ADR Certificate

Dangerous goods transport

What is ADR? ADR (the international agreement on the road transport of dangerous goods) is the regulation that governs the safe and orderly carriage of dangerous goods on public roads without harm to human health, other living beings, or the environment. It sets the rights, responsibilities, obligations, and working rules of the senders, receivers, fillers, loaders, unloaders, packers, carriers, drivers, and vehicle operators involved in those activities. The document issued under this regulation is the ADR CERTIFICATE.

Who needs an ADR Certificate? ADR applies to the road transport of dangerous goods, the senders and receivers of those goods, the parties that fill, load, unload, and package them, the carriers that transport them in technically suitable vehicles, the drivers and operators of those vehicles, the operating companies, and every vehicle, tool, container, package, or similar item used in the activity.

c) ADR Compliance Certificate / Vehicle Compliance Certificate: the document issued by the competent authority of the country in which the ADR vehicle is registered, or by an organization authorized by that authority.

Authorization certificate requirement

• Natural and legal persons that carry out transport activities must hold one of the C1, C2, K1, K2, L1, L2, R1, or R2 authorization certificates under the Road Transport Regulation.
• Fillers, packers, loaders, senders, receivers, unloaders, and tank-container or portable-tank operators active in road transport of dangerous goods must apply to the Ministry and obtain a Dangerous Goods Activity Certificate for one or more of these activities. The rules for issuing the Activity Certificate are set by the Ministry.

Vehicle compliance certificate and permit requirement

Holders of authorization certificates and public institutions that transport dangerous goods listed in the classes set out in the annex of this Regulation must obtain a permit from the relevant or competent authority indicated in that table. The permit remains valid for at most one year from the date it is issued.

Dangerous goods driver training certificate requirement

• Drivers that carry dangerous goods on national and international roads in line with ADR rules must hold a Dangerous Goods Driver Training Certificate (SRC5) or an ADR Driver Training Certificate.

Documents required on vehicles that carry dangerous goods. The following documents must be kept in vehicles that carry dangerous goods:

• transport document,
• Dangerous Goods Driver Training Certificate (SRC5),
• Photo identification for each crew member on the vehicle (national ID, driving license, or passport),
• written instructions prepared by the carrier for the driver,
• Multimodal Dangerous Goods Form for dangerous goods carried by more than one mode,
• valid ADR compliance certificate for the vehicle,
• for Class 1, Class 6, and Class 7 dangerous goods, a copy of the transport permit issued by the relevant or competent authority under this Regulation,
• the Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Waste Compulsory Financial Liability Insurance policy for the vehicles used in dangerous goods transport.

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