# Commission Decision of 13 December 2005 amending Decision 2005/263/EC on authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (notified under document number C(2005) 3565) (Only the English, Lithuanian and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/903/EC), Division: RO-SQ 15.4 (amended)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Subject Exemption from the requirement for vehicles carrying low-level radioactive material to carry fire-fighting equipment (E4).
Reference to the Annex to the Directive 8.1.4.
Content of the Annex to the Directive Requirement for vehicles to carry fire-fighting appliances.
Reference to national legislation The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) Regulations 2002 Regulation 5(4)(d).
Content of national legislation Removes requirement to carry fire extinguishers when carrying only exempted packages (UN 2908, 2909, 2910 and 2911).
Restricts the requirement where only a small number of packages are carried.
Comments Carriage of fire-fighting equipment is in practice irrelevant to the transport of UN 2908, 2909, 2910, UN 2911, which may often be carried in small vehicles.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/903/annex/I/division/1/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-903/annex-I/division-1/division-4
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