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Take a look what ADR says about Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser. (DGSA)
Each undertaking, the activities of which include the carriage, or the related packing, loading, filling or unloading, of dangerous goods by road shall appoint one or more safety advisers for the carriage of dangerous goods, responsible for helping to prevent the risks inherent in such activities with regard to persons, property and the environment.
Ok. So if you carry dangerous goods you need a DGSA. Simple. But what about if you carry only a few boxes or LQ, EQ or under the threshold 1.1.3.6? Back to ADR again.
The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties may provide that these requirements shall not apply to undertakings:
(a) The activities of which concern quantities in each transport unit smaller than those referred to in 1.1.3.6, 1.7.1.4 and in Chapters 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5; or
(b) The main or secondary activities of which are not the carriage or the related loading or unloading of dangerous goods but which occasionally engage in the national carriage or the related loading or unloading of dangerous goods posing little danger or risk of pollution.
(a) means, if you have small quantity according to ADR 1.1.3.6, a radioactive material according to ADR 1.7.1.4 and in a case of LQ, EQ and some cases when special provisions (ADR 3.3) specifies non-ADRÂ goods, the competent authority may provide that, you don’t need to appoint a DGSA.
(b) means, if your main or secondary activity is not the carriage or the related loading or unloading of dangerous goods, but sometimes your business deals with the national carriage or the related loading or unloading of dangerous goods posing little danger or risk of pollution, the competent authority may provide that, you don’t need to appoint a DGSA.
If you want to read more, click on the following HSA guideline
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