Courier Business Stuff

http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/adr/adr2007/07ContentsE.html

But you don’t need to bother with any of that. All you need to know is that if the customer says it’s in LQ packages then you can carry it, subject to your insurance. If not then you need to subcontract it to someone with relevant training and access to a DGSA.
 

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If ADR doesn’t apply in this country it doesn’t apply anywhere else.

‘ADR’ (Accord Européen Relatif au Transport International des Marchandises Dangereuses par Route) isn’t a law or a set of rules that’s binding on us, it’s an agreement that’s binds the ‘Contracting Parties’ (the countries that are party to the agreement) to pass laws which implement the requirements of ADR.

ADR is implemented in UK law by ‘The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004′ as amended. This is known as the Carriage Regulations. These govern ALL journeys in the UK carrying Dangerous Goods – whether it’s a domestic journey or part of an international journey. The difference is that enshrined in the UK law are certain exemptions/variances/derogations which are allowed for WITHIN THE TERMS OF ADR for domestic journeys.

The full scope of ADR is implemented within the UK by the Carriage Regulations, with the addition of some exemptions/changes which apply to domestic transport AND ARE PART OF ADR. Similarly the other Contracting Parties to the Agreement have their own exemptions/changes which apply to domestic transport only and which are part of ADR.

Without the Carriage Regulations there would be no UK law on the transport of Dangerous Goods and we could ignore the whole concept of ADR while we’re in the UK. Other countries also implement the requirements of ADR by passing their own domestic laws and we’re governed by them while we’re in that country.

In short, ADR applies as much to UK domestic journeys as it does to international journeys; it’s just that international journeys are governed by individual countries’ individual laws which implement ‘vanilla’ ADR while domestic jouirneys within those individual countries are governed by their own (still agreed within ADR) implementations of slightly varied rules.
As for CMR, which the thread was actually about, contrary to popular belief there is no legal requirement for ‘CMR insurance’ if you take goods abroad. In fact there’s no such thing as ‘CMR insurance’ – just insurance to cover your compulsory liability under CMR, which as Geoff quite rightly points out is about £7/kg unless your customer has contracted with you to provide a higher level of cover.

Most standard GIT policies exceed the requirements of CMR within the policy’s ‘Territorial Limits’ – which usually includes the whole British Isles, including the ROI. This can sometimes be extended, without any mention of CMR, to other EU (or at least Western European) countries at minimal cost.

Posted under Courier Basics, Hazardous Goods - ADR, Insurance for Couriers

It’s all paint, resin, varnish etc. The flash point determines the Transport Category and the Transport Category determines how much you can carry with just ‘awareness’ training.

Without ‘awareness’ and access to a DGSA you can’t carry any quantity at all UNLESS it’s packed in LQ packages – and paint etc is often (but by no means always) packed in LQ packages. The shipper should be able to tell you. If it’s in LQ packages then it’s outside the scope of ADR and you can carry what you want; in the UK anyway.
 

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UN1202 is Gas oil, Heating oil or Diesel fuel.

Posted under Hazardous Goods - ADR

The general rule now is that you need a MINIMUM of ‘awareness’ training and access to advice from a DGSA if there’s any UN number on the packaging. The only exception is packages clearly marked with ‘LQ’ stickers.
 

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No they don’t. If they’re genuinely LQ – contained in closed boxes with LQ markings – then they’re outside the scope of ADR.

Whether your insurer agrees that they’re not hazardous maybe another matter.

Posted under Hazardous Goods - ADR, Insurance for Couriers

Ask your insurance company to define Hazardous. It used to be easy before ADR came along – if goods weren’t over the thresholds then they weren’t legally ‘hazardous’ (or was it ‘dangerous’ – I forget) so you could carry them in your vehicle without any extra insurance requirements but now there’s no definition of hazardous. Goods are either Limited Quantity packages (not covered under ADR but still actually hazardous), Small Loads – under the thresholds but still subject to the minimum requirements of ADR, or full ADR.

I suspect that most insurance companies will decide that you’re not covered even for LQ packages unless you pay extra.
 

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jaymobFOOL wrote:
And like we said ADR applies to all amounts now, sorry the carraige regs unless you are leave the UK, if you are in-scope or not depends wether you show your placards
Limited quantities you still need the core exam

Err… Bollocks

Small Load and LQ exemptions still apply. No training needed for LQ amounts and only awareness training needed for Small Loads. The major change was that the exemptions for drivers of vehicles under 3500kg no longer apply.

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