LAW OF UKRAINE

of April 6, 2000 No. 1644-III

About transportation of dangerous goods

This Law determines legal, organizational, social and economic basis of the activities connected with transportation of dangerous goods railway, sea, internal water, automobile and by air.

Section I. General provisions

Article 1. Determination of terms

In this Law the stated below terms are used in the following value:

dangerous goods - substances, materials, products, waste of productive and other activity which owing to properties inherent in them in the presence of certain factors can cause in transit explosion, the fire, damage of technical means, devices, constructions and other objects, to do loss of property and harm to the environment, and also to entail death, injuring, poisoning of people, animals and which according to international treaties which consent to be bound is this the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine or by results of testing in accordance with the established procedure depending on extent of their impact on the environment or the person are carried to one of classes of dangerous substances;

dangerous substances - the substances carried to the following classes: class 1 - explosives and products; class 2 - gases; class 3 flammable liquids; class 4.1 - flammable solid substances; class 4.2 - the substances inclined to spontaneous ignition; class 4.3 - the substances emitting flammable gases in case of contact with water; class 5.1 - the oxidizing substances; class 5.2organicheskiye peroxides; class 6.1 - toxic substances; substance class 6.2infektsionnye; class 7 - radioactive materials; class 8 corrosion substances; class 9 - other dangerous substances and products;

competent authority on transportation of dangerous goods - the body recognized by that in accordance with the established procedure for the purpose of accomplishment of international treaties of Ukraine in the field of transportations of dangerous goods;

the subject of transportation of dangerous goods - the company, organization, the organization or physical person which send transport or receive dangerous goods (senders, carriers and receivers);

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