LegalizeS.I. No. 275/2025 - European Union (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th June, 2025.
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 20081 as last amended by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/149 of 15 November 20242 (in so far as it relates to the transport of dangerous goods by rail), hereby make the following regulations:
1.
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
- (2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 30 June 2025.
2.
Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 651 of 2010 ) is amended –
- (a) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Directive”:
“ ‘Directive’ means Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 20081 on the inland transport of dangerous goods as last amended by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/149 of 15 November 20242;”,
and
- (b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “RID”:
“ ‘RID’ means the ‘Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID)’, appearing as Appendix C to the ‘Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)’ concluded at Vilnius on 3 June 1999, as applicable with effect from 1 January 2009 and the Annex to those Regulations, as referred to in section II.1 in Annex II to the Directive, as applicable with effect from 1 January 2025;”.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
26 June, 2025.
DARRAGH O’BRIEN,
Minister for Transport.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
The purpose of these Regulations is to amend the European Communities (Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 651 of 2010 ) in line with the amending Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/149 of 15 November 2024 (insofar as that Directive relates to inland transport of dangerous goods by rail).
The Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC (the main EU Directive on the inland transport of dangerous goods) have been further adapted to scientific and technical progress by Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2025/149 and the definitions for “Directive” and “RID” in S.I. No. 651 of 2010 have been amended to reflect these changes.
Footnotes
OJ No. L 260, 30.09.2008, p.13
OJ L, 2025/149, 24.1.2025
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