After a 3-month final review, China’s Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Safe Railway Transportation of Dangerous Goods was approved on Feb 27th and will enter into force on May 1st, 2015.
The regulation stipulates the general requirements on conditions of carriage (storage and loading included), safety management, and supervision for railway transportation of dangerous goods, emphasizing the non-delegable duty of railway transportation enterprises (carriers) to prevent accidents and ensure transportation safety.
According to the regulation, shippers (consignors) should:
Inform the carrier the relevant information of the dangerous goods truthfully and accurately, including name, quantity (weight), hazard properties, emergency response, etc.
Provide certificates or other documentation for transportation of dangerous goods subject to administrative licensing or special precautionary measures (e.g. addition of stabilizers, inhibitors or other special treatment), otherwise the receiver (consignee) should.
Not conceal information of dangerous goods, ship dangerous goods secretly with non-dangerous goods, or ship other goods with dangerous goods.
All the prohibitions previously stipulated in the draft regulation (see CL news 2014-10-24) are kept with a supplementary specification that goods with unknown hazards are also prohibited.
