| Joint Meeting of the RID Committee of Experts and the Working Party (WP) on TDG (September 2021) – Summary for Days 5 & 6 https://indico.un.org/event/35321/ The Joint Meeting of the RID Committee of Experts and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods is being held virtually in Switzerland from September 21 to October 1, 2021. The Secretariat of the Joint Meeting is on-site at the Palais de Nations in Geneva with a limited number of delegates while most other participants are virtual. Interpretation is available for the morning sessions of the meeting, thus all sessions are not official as the afternoon sessions don’t have interpretation. The following summary is provided to allow you to follow the discussions at the meeting. At the end of Day 6, there was a total of 23 formal working papers and 45 informal documents. Please find links to each individual document from the UN Website. Summary of Meeting Documents Discussion of Papers Days 5 & 6 Item 2 – Tanks The following papers were briefly presented in plenary and submitted for discussion/review to the Working Group on Tanks: - WP/34 – Inspection and certification of tanks: explanations on the amendments planned for entry into force on 1 January 2023 (Switzerland)
- WP/23/Rev.1 – Supplementary information from the informal working group on the inspection and certification of tanks: Proposed amendments to Chapters 6.8 and 6.2, sections 1.8.7 and 1.8.6, plus transitional measures and consequential amendments (United Kingdom)
- INF.28 – Informal working group on the inspection and certification of tanks: Comments on document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/23/Rev.1 (Germany)
- INF.35 – Comments on ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/23/Rev.1 (France)
- INF.38 – Comments on document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/23/Rev.1: transitional measures in relation to the recognition of inspection bodies (Switzerland)
- INF.40 – Corrigendum to ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/23/Rev.1
- INF.41 – Comments on document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/27 – Clarification on using tanks after the deadline specified for the next test or inspection (United Kingdom)
- INF.42 – Comments on ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/23/Rev.1 Supplementary information from the informal working group on the inspection and certification of tanks: Proposed amendments to Chapters 6.8 and 6.2, sections 1.8.7 and 1.8.6, plus transitional measures and consequential amendment (UK)
- INF.43 – Comment on the requirements of 6.8.1.5.6 proposed in document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/23/Rev.1 (France)
- WP/27 – Clarification on using tanks after the deadline specified for the next test or inspection (UIP)
- INF.10 – Comment on document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/27 – Clarification on using tanks after the deadline specified for the next test or inspection (Poland)
- INF.41 – Comments on document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/27 – Clarification on using tanks after the deadline specified for the next test or inspection (United Kingdom)
- WP/36 – Mandatory fitment of safety valves to tanks carrying flammable liquefied gases (Liquid Gas Europe)
- WP/43 – Development of the requirements on fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) tanks (France)
—– Item 5 – Proposals for amendments to RID/ADR/ADN – New proposals (5b) The following papers were presented in plenary and discussed: - WP/25 – Refrigerating machines and heat pumps (IASA)
- INF.45 – Refrigerating machines and heat – Revision of document ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/25 (IASA)
- Proposal in INF.45 adopted as amended
WP/30 – Amendment to special provision 668 (IASA) - Delegations find the proposal too broad and there is no general support for the proposal
- Paper withdrawn
INF.44 – Supplement to ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2021/40: containers for carriage in bulk (Switzerland) - Proposal in INF.44 adopted as is
—– Item 6 – Interpretation for amendments to RID/ADR/AND The following papers were presented in plenary and discussed: - WP/26 – Clarification on RID/ADR 5.3.2.2.1 – specifications for the orange-coloured plates (United Kingdom)
- Spain has a procedure to fulfill this requirements; will share w/ the UK
- INF.4 – Interpretation issue concerning special provision 249 and transport related to the recycling of lighters (France)
- No delegation has ever encountered a similar issue
INF.7 – Competent authority approvals for organic peroxides and self-reactive substances not listed and interpretation of “not listed” and “country of origin” (CEFIC) - Country of origin is deemed to be the country of manufacture, unless not a Contracting Party (then 1st Contracting Party)
- INF.20 – Section 1.5.1 of RID/ADR/ADN Multilateral agreements (Germany)
INF. 34 – Clarification on the UN Model Regulations (and ADR) 6.2.2.7.5 – placement of cylinder marking groups (WLPGA/Liquid Gas Europe) - INF. paper contains a proposal, which did not get a lot of support, that has also been submitted to the UNSCETDG
Item 7 – Reports of informal working groups The following papers were presented in plenary and discussed: | 
