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Decree-Law No. 41-A/2010 regulating land, road and rail transport of dangerous goods, transposing the Commission's Directive No. 2006/90/EC of 3 November.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, 1 Série, No. 83, 29 April 2010.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Transport/storage Standards Transboundary movement of waste Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree-Law regulates land, road and rail transport of dangerous goods, transposing the Commission's Directive No. 2006/90/EC of 3 November and the Directive No. 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September. It applies to operations involving the transport of dangerous goods, including loading and unloading operations, transfers from one mode of transport to another and stops required by the conditions of transport, carried out on roads in the public domain, as well as on any other roads open to public transit. It excludes operations carried out only within the perimeter of one or more companies without the use of roads open to public transit. Provisions contained in Annex I apply to the transport of dangerous goods by road; provisions contained in Annex II apply to the transport of dangerous goods by rail; The specific safety requirements for national and international transport operations of dangerous goods carried out in the national territory are defined by regulatory decree, with respect to: a) transport of dangerous goods by vehicles or wagons not covered by this decree-law, in accordance with the definitions contained in paragraphs e) and f) of article 2; b) The possible use of prescribed routes, including the use of prescribed modes of transport; c) Special rules for the transport of dangerous goods on passenger trains.

Full text
English
Website
dre.pt

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Amended by

Decree-Law No. 24-B/2020 amending Decree-Law 41-A/2010 on land, road and rail transport of dangerous goods, transposing the Commission's Directive No. 2018/1846 (UE).

Legislation | Portugal | 2020

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Transport/storage, Standards, Transboundary movement of waste, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX