# COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/90/EC

of 3 November 2006

adapting for the seventh time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail

(Text with EEA relevance)

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail [^1] , and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC refers to the Regulation concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID), as applicable from 1 January 2005.

**(2)** The RID is updated every two years. Consequently, the next amended version shall be applicable as from 1 January 2007, with a transitional period up to 30 June 2007.

**(3)** It is therefore necessary to amend the Annex to Directive 96/49/EC.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Directive are in conformity with the opinion of the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods referred to in Article 9 of Directive 96/49/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

## **Article 1**

The Annex to Directive 96/49/EC is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX Annex to the Regulation concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID) — Appendix C to the Convention concerning international carriage by rail (COTIF), as applicable with effect from 1 January 2007. The text of the amendments of the 2007 version of the RID will be published as soon as it is available in all official languages of the Community.’

## **Article 2**

**1.** Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

**2.** Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

## **Article 3**

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## **Article 4**

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

## Final provisions

Done at Brussels, 3 November 2006. *For the Commission* Jacques BARROT *Vice-President*

[^1] [OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 25](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_235_R_TOC) . Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/110/EC ( [OJ L 365, 10.12.2004, p. 24](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_365_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/110/EC ().