# Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods (Text with EEA relevance), Division: RO–bi–DE–5

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

Subject: Local transport of UN 3343 (nitroglycerine mixture, desensitised, liquid, flammable, not otherwise specified, with not more than 30 % nitroglycerine by mass) in tank-containers, derogating from sub-section 4.3.2.1.1 of Annex I, Section I.1 to Directive 2008/68/EC.
Reference to Annex I, section I.1 to Directive 2008/68/EC: 3.2, 4.3.2.1.1.
Content of the Annex to the Directive: Provisions on the use of tank-containers.
Content of the national legal provisions: local transport of nitroglycerin (UN 3343) in tank-containers, over short distances, subject to compliance with the following conditions:
Original reference to national legal provisions: derogation North Rhine-Westphalia
Remarks: This concerns local transport in tank-containers by road over short distances as part of an industrial process between two fixed production locations. In order to manufacture a pharmaceutical product, production location A delivers as part of a rule-compliant transport in 600 l tank-containers a resin solution, flammable (UN 1866), packaging group II, to production location B. Here a nitroglycerine solution is added and mixing takes place, producing a glue mixture containing nitroglycerine, desensitised, liquid, flammable, not otherwise specified, with not more than 30 % nitroglycerine by mass (UN 3343) for further use. The return transport of this substance to production location A also takes place in the said tank-containers, which have been specially checked and approved by the relevant authority for this specific transport operation and bear the tank code L10DN.
End of the period of validity: 30 June 2022

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/68/annex/I/division/I.3/division/1/division/14/division/3 (the official version)
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