Calendar of regulatory meetings

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY AGENCY MEETINGS, 2020

MEETING AGENCY VENUE DATE

Joint meeting of Experts on the Regulations ECE Geneva Jan 27-31 annexed to ADN (WP15/AC2), 36th session

Administrative Committee of ADN, 24th ECE Geneva Jan 31 session

Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and IMO London Feb 17-21 Response (PPR), 7th session

Dangerous Goods Board, 116th meeting IATA Istanbul Mar 12-14

Joint meeting of the RID Committee of ECE/OCTI Bern Mar 16-20 Experts and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP15)

Editorial & Technical Group (IMDG and IMO London Mar 23-27 IMSBC Codes), 33rd meeting

Marine Environment Protection Committee IMO London Mar 30(MEPC), 75th session Apr 3

Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous ECE Geneva May 11-15 Goods (WP15), 108th session

Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), 102nd session IMO London May 13-22

RID Committee of Experts’ standing working OCTI Bern May 25-26 group (12th session)

RID Committee of Experts, 56th session OCTI Bern May 27

ECOSOC Sub-committee of Experts on the ECE Geneva Jun 29- Transport of Dangerous Goods (57th session) Jul 8

ECOSOC Sub-committee of Experts on the ECE Geneva Jul 8-10 Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (39th session)

Joint meeting of Experts on the Regulations ECE Geneva Aug 24-28 annexed to ADN (WP15/AC2), 37th session

Administrative Committee of ADN, 25th ECE Geneva Aug 28 session

Dangerous Goods Board, 116th meeting IATA Singapore* Aug 31- Sep 3*

Sub-committee on Carriage of Cargoes and IMO London Sep 14-18 Containers (CCC), 7th session MEETING AGENCY VENUE DATE

Joint meeting of the RID Committee of ECE/OCTI Geneva Sep 14-18 Experts and the Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (WP15)

Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP), WG/20 ICAO Montreal Sep 21-25*

Editorial & Technical Group (IMDG and IMO London Sept IMSBC Codes), 34th meeting 21-25

Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety IMO London Oct 5-9 and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals (ESPH), 26th session

Marine Environment Protection Committee IMO London Oct 19-23 (MEPC), 76th session

Working Party on the Transport of Dangerous ECE Geneva Nov 10-13 Goods (WP15), 109th session

Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), IMO London 103rd session Nov 16-20

RID Committee of Experts’ standing working OCTI * Nov 23-26 group (12th session)

ECOSOC Sub-committee of Experts on the ECE Geneva Nov 30Dec 8

ECOSOC Sub-committee of Experts on the ECE Geneva Dec 9-11 Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (40th session)

ECOSOC Committee of Experts on the ECE Geneva Dec 11 Transport of Dangerous Goods and the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (10th session)

ECE – UN European Commission for Europe; IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency; IATA – International Air Transport Association; ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organisation; IMO – International Maritime Organisation; OCTI – Central Office for International Rail Transport

* Details to be confirmed

GENERAL NOTE: These regulatory authorities are the international organisations responsible for the provisions governing the carriage of dangerous goods by various modes of transport. The list contains the major sessional meetings, together with certain scheduled working group and ad hoc group meetings. HCB will keep readers informed of further relevant meetings as and when they are called