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ORGANISATION INTERGOUVERNEMENTALE POUR LES TRANSPORTS INTERNATIONAUX FERROVIAIRES OTIF ZWISCHENSTAATLICHE ORGANISATION FÜR DEN INTERNATIONALEN EISENBAHNVERKEHR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION FOR INTER- NATIONAL CARRIAGE BY RAIL Secretary General A 81-02/501.2014* 9 January 2014 TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF OTIF AND TO THE REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAVE ACCEDED TO COTIF RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting (Berne, 17 21 March 2014) * See UNECE documents ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/133 of 15 November 2013 and /133/Add.1 of 8 January 2014. Par souci d économie, le présent document a fait l objet d un tirage limité. Les délégués sont priés d apporter leurs exemplaires aux réunions. L OTIF ne dispose que d une réserve très restreinte. Aus Kostengründen wurde dieses Dokument nur in begrenzter Auflage gedruckt. Die Delegierten werden daher gebeten, die ihnen zugesandten Exemplare zu den Sitzungen mitzubringen. Die OTIF verfügt nur über eine sehr geringe Reserve. For reasons of cost, only a limited number of copies of this document have been made. Delegates are asked to bring their own copies of documents to meetings. OTIF only has a small number of copies available. Tel. (+41) 31-359 10 17 Fax (+41) 31-359 10 11 E-Mail info@otif.org Gryphenhübeliweg 30 CH - 3006 Berne/Bern

We have the honour to invite you to the Joint Meeting of the RID Committee of Experts and the UNECE Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, which will be held from 17 21 March 2014 at the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Weltpoststraße 4 in Berne (beginning on Monday, 17 March 2014 at 10.00 a.m.). PROVISIONAL AGENDA 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Tanks 3. Standards 4. Interpretation of RID/ADR/ADN 5. Proposals for amendments to RID/ADR/ADN (a) Pending issues (b) New proposals 6. Reports of informal working groups 7. Future work 8. Any other business 9. Adoption of the report ********** 1. Adoption of the agenda EXPLANATORY REMARKS The first item on the agenda concerns its adoption. The Joint Meeting will also have before it the report on its autumn 2013 session, held in Geneva from 17 to 27 September 2013 (ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/132 OTIF/RID/RC/2013-B). The following points should be borne in mind: (a) At its autumn 2013 session, the Joint Meeting elected Mr. C. Pfauvadel (France) as Chairman and Mr. H. Rein (Germany) as Vice-Chairman for 2014; (b) Documents published in German by the Secretariat of OTIF (other than invitations and reports) under the symbol OTIF/RID/RC/ are circulated by the UNECE in English, French and Russian under the symbol ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/, followed by the same document number. As part of the secretariat s efforts to reduce expenditure, documents sent out by e-mail will not be available in the conference room. Delegates are kindly requested to bring their copies of documents to the meeting; (c) The documentation will be available on the UNECE website (http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/ac1/ac12014.html) in English, French and Russian and on the OTIF website in German (http://www.otif.org/gefaehrliche-gueter/gemeinsametagung-ridadradn/arbeitsdokumente.html); 2

(d) An ad hoc working group might meet outside the times of the plenary session to consider documents concerning standards (item 3), in accordance with the mandate to be decided by the Joint Meeting; (e) It is also possible that an ad hoc working group might meet concurrently with it to consider documents concerning tanks (item 2), after this item has been discussed in plenary; (f) The reading of the report (item 9) is scheduled for Friday morning (21 March 2014) without interpretation. 2. Tanks ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/1 (Germany) Continued use of fixed tanks (tank-vehicles), demountable tanks and battery-vehicles in accordance with the transitional provisions of ADR 1.6.3.1, 1.6.3.2 and 1.6.3.3 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/5 (Romania) Comments on the new special provision 664 in Chapter 3.3 of ADR and amendments to the definition of service equipment in 1.2.1 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/6 (Germany) Chapter 6.10 Vacuum-operated waste tanks Explosion-pressure proof design of vacuum-operated tanks as an alternative to flame traps ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/13 (Ukraine) Proposals of amendments to special provisions TU21 and TU16 to align with the requirements of SMGS, Appendix 2 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/24 (Spain) Carriage of liquefied refrigerated natural gas (UN 1972) in non-vacuum insulated vessels ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/30 (AEGPL) Periodic inspection of LPG tank-vehicles, alternatives to the hydraulic test ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/32 (EIGA) Holding times for refrigerated liquefied gases in tank containers and demountable tanks ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/34 (France) Vacuum operated waste tanks + informal document INF.5 (France) 3. Standards ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/11 (CEN) Information on work in progress in CEN 4. Interpretation of RID/ADR/ADN ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/12 (CEN) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/15 (CEN) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/17 (ISO, ECMA, EIGA and CEN) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/22 (Sweden) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/26 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/27 Understanding of reference text for mandatory standards Understanding of terms "in special cases" and "as a general rule" in the context of pressure testing of tanks Hydraulic pressure testing of pressure receptacles Periodic inspection of individual gas cylinders in MEGCs Interpretation of the exemptions Exemption of electric energy storage systems for vehicles and their equipment 3

5. Proposals for amendments to RID/ADR/ADN (a) Pending issues ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/7 (Belgium and Germany) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/14 (Germany) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/20 (CEPE) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/21 (Spain and Norway) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/31 (AEGPL) + informal document INF.4 (AEGPL) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/35 (France) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/36 (France) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/132, paragraphs 96 and -/Add.2 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/221 (UNECE secretariat) Report of the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods on its ninety-fifth session, paragraphs 23-26 OTIF/RID/CE/GTP/2013-A (OTIF secretariat) Report of the standing working group of the RID Committee of Experts of OTIF, second session, paragraphs 13 and 14 Addition to RID/ADR 1.8.6.4.1 Widening special provision 594 Assignment of flammable liquids in packing group III according to their viscosity UN 3170 Aluminium smelting by-products or aluminium remelting by-products Periodic inspection and test of some transportable refillable LPG steel cylinders in RID/ADR Definition of the maximum total quantity per transport unit in 1.1.3.6 for adsorbed gases Lithium batteries contained in vehicles and equipment assigned to UN Nos. 3166 and 3171 Flexible bulk containers (b) New proposals ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/3 (UIC) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/4 (UIC) + informal document INF.3 (UIC) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/8 (VESF) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/9 (Russian Federation) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/10 (Germany) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/16 (ISO) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/18 (Spain) Addition of "flexible bulk containers", "sheeted bulk containers" and "closed bulk containers" in 1.2.1 Definitions Replacement of UIC leaflets UIC 592-2 and 592-4 by UIC leaflet 592 Exempting the carriage of construction, agricultural and forestry machinery from special provision 363 Proposal of modifications of the special provisions for the carriage of UN No 1131 and related issues Clarification and amendment of the provisions for the carriage of genetically modified live animals Marking of bundles of cylinders 5.3.1.2 Placarding of large containers, MEGCs, tank-containers and portable tanks ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/19 (France) Packing instruction LP 99 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/25 (Austria Modification of RID/ADR 5.5.3 and Spain) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/28 Approval of packagings for the carriage of infectious substances 4

ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/29 ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/33 (Austria) Special provision 363 Amendment of special provision 658 use of large containers 6. Reports of informal working groups ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/37 (France) Informal working group on multimodal database on events involving transport of dangerous goods (Valenciennes, 10-11 October 2013) 7. Future work ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/2 (Belgium) ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/2014/23 (Belgium and Netherlands) Transport of ammonia solutions in IBCs Report on occurrences during the carriage of dangerous goods in accordance with RID/ADR section 1.8.5 As usual, the Joint Meeting can arrange for the organisation of the agenda for the autumn 2014 session (Geneva, 15 19 September 2014). 8. Any other business 9. Adoption of the report In accordance with established practice, the Joint Meeting will adopt the report of the session on the basis of a draft established by the secretariat. ********** Please fill out the attached official OTIF registration form and return it to the address shown on the form by 7 March 2014 at the latest. Train tickets Those delegates who intend travelling by train are asked to contact the relevant railway networks directly to obtain any facilitated transport services. Yours faithfully (François Davenne) Secretary General Annex: Registration form cc: Relevant international organisations and associations as an invitation; The railway undertakings with the request to honour the free travel referred to above. 5

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