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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744/annex/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.6",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1744",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1744 of 17 September 2019 on technical specifications for electronic ship reporting in inland navigation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 164/2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3.6",
  "heading": "International maritime dangerous goods code (IMDG)",
  "text": "FULL TITLE\nInternational maritime dangerous goods code\nABBREVIATION\nIMDG code\nORIGINATING AUTHORITY\nInternational Maritime Organisation IMO\nLEGAL BASIS\n—\nCURRENT STATUS\nOperational\nIMPLEMENTATION DATE\n18 May 1965\nAMENDMENT\n1 January 2001 (30th amendment) approximately every 2 years\nSTRUCTURE\n2-digit numerical code:\n1-digit numerical for class\n1-digit numerical for division\nSUCCINCT DESCRIPTION\nThe IMDG code governs the vast majority of shipments of hazardous material by water. The code is recommended to governments for adoption as the basis for national regulations in conjunction with the SOLAS convention.\nLINKED CLASSIFICATIONS\nThe code is based on the UN Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods (UNDG)\nUSAGE\nMaritime transport of dangerous and harmful goods\nMEDIA THROUGH WHICH AVAILABLE\nwww.imo.org\nEuropean Reference Data Management Service (ERDMS) operated by the European Commission. (Included in the ADN table)\nLANGUAGES\nDutch, English, French, German\nADDRESS OF RESPONSIBLE AGENCY\nInternational Maritime Organisation\n4 Albert Embankment\nLondon SE1 7SR\nUNITED KINGDOM\nREMARKS\nFor inland shipping the IMO code may be used as this code is often already known, where necessary an ADN corresponding with the IMDG code shall be inserted\nExample\n32\nFlammable liquid, not otherwise specified (Ethanol)\nUsage in the implementation manuals\nCNI/GID/DGS/C205/8351",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1744/annex/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:07.241335+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."
}