{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-68/annex-II/division-II.3/division-2/division-3/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2008/68",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-68",
  "path": "annex/II/division/II.3/division/2/division/3/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "RA–bi–SE–1",
  "text": "Subject: Carriage of hazardous waste to hazardous waste disposal plants.\nReference to the Annex II, Section II.1 to Directive 2008/68/EC: Part 5 and 6.\nContent of the Annex to the Directive: Requirements for construction and testing of packages.\nContent of the national legislation: Carriage of packagings containing dangerous goods as waste shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Directive from which only a few exemptions are allowed. Exemptions are not permitted for all types of substances and articles.\nThe main exemptions are:\nSmall packagings (less than 30 kg) of dangerous goods as waste may be packed in packagings, including IBCs and large packagings, without complying with the provisions of sub-sections 6.1.5.2.1, 6.1.5.8.2, 6.5.6.1.2, 6.5.6.14.2, 6.6.5.2.1 and 6.6.5.4.3 of Annex II, Section II.1 to this Directive. Packagings, including IBCs and large packagings need not be tested as prepared for carriage with a representative sample of small inner packages.\nThis is permitted provided that:\npackagings, IBCs and large packagings conform to a type which has been tested and approved according to packing group I or II of the applicable provisions of Sections 6.1, 6.5 or 6.6 of Annex II, Section II.1 to this Directive,\nthe small packagings are packed with absorbent material that retains any free liquid that might escape into the outer packagings, IBCs or large packagings during carriage, and\nthe packagings, IBCs or large packagings as prepared for carriage has a gross mass of no more than the permitted gross mass stated on the UN design type marking for packing groups I or II for the packagings, IBCs or large packagings, and\nthe following sentence is included in the transport document ‘ Packed according to part 16 of RID-S ’\nInitial reference to the national legislation: Appendix S – Specific regulations for the domestic transport of dangerous goods by rail issued in accordance with the Transport of Dangerous Goods Act\nComments: Sub-sections 6.1.5.2.1, 6.1.5.8.2, 6.5.6.1.2, 6.5.6.14.2, 6.6.5.2.1 and 6.6.5.4.3 of Annex II, Section II.1 to this Directive are difficult to apply because the packagings, IBCs and large packagings shall be tested with a representative sample of the waste, which is hard to predict on beforehand.\nExpiry date: 30 June 2021 .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1241 of 28 August 2020 authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (notified under document C(2020) 5797) (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/68/annex/II/division/II.3/division/2/division/3/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:19.830229+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}