Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/629 of 20 April 2016 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(2016) 2229)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods⁽¹⁾, and in particular Articles 6(2) and (4) thereof,

Whereas:

Annex 1, Section I.3 and Annex II, Section II.3 to Directive 2008/68/EC contain lists of national derogations, allowing specific national circumstances to be taken into account. Several new national derogations and several amendments to authorised derogations were requested by certain Member States.
These derogations should be authorised.
As Annex I, Section I.3 and Annex II, Section II.3 have therefore to be adapted, it is appropriate, for reasons of clarity, to replace them in their entirety.
Directive 2008/68/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up by Directive 2008/68/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Member States listed in the Annex are authorised to implement the derogations set out therein regarding the transport of dangerous goods within their territory.

These derogations shall be applied without discrimination.

Article 2

Annex I, Section I.3, and Annex II, Section II.3 to Directive 2008/68/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2016.

For the Commission

Violeta Bulc

Member of the Commission