LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of June 6, 2001 No. 32-Z

About transportation of dangerous goods

Accepted by the House of Representatives on May 4, 2001

Approved by Council of the Republic on May 17, 2001

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. The main terms applied in this Law and their determinations

For the purposes of this Law the following main terms and their determinations are applied:

accident - the event which happened to dangerous goods in case of its transportation (explosion, ignition, leakage, prosypaniye) and entailed damnification of life or to health of physical person (physical persons) either property tort or the environment;

safety of transportation of dangerous goods - the security condition from emergence of accidents and incidents provided with complex of the organizational and technical actions established by this Law, rules on safety of transportation of dangerous goods, other acts of the legislation in the field of transportation of dangerous goods;

incident - the event which happened to dangerous goods in case of its transportation (explosion, ignition, leakage, the prosypaniye) which did not entail damnification of life or to health of physical person (physical persons) either property torts or the environment;

classification of dangerous goods - reference of dangerous goods to class, subclass, category and group depending on type and degree of danger of load;

dangerous goods - the substances, materials and products having properties which manifestation in transit can serve as cause of explosion and (or) the fire to lead to death, disease, injuring, poisoning, radiation or burns of people and (or) animals, and also to cause damage of vehicles, communications, constructions, technical devices and other property and (or) to do harm to the environment;

protection of dangerous goods - activities of state bodies and other organizations for protection of objects of transportation of dangerous goods from illegal encroachments, including on prevention of illegal access to them;

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