The use of these common bases by all forms of transport allows cargo to be transferred safely and smoothly between air, sea, rail and road modes. As far as possible the Technical Instructions are kept aligned with the recommendations of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and with the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency. This panel continues to meet and recommends the necessary revisions to the Technical Instructions. The ICAO requirements for dangerous goods have been largely developed by a panel of experts which was established in 1976. These require frequent updating as developments occur in the chemical, manufacturing and packaging industries, and a special procedure has been established by the Council to allow the Technical Instructions to be revised and reissued regularly to keep up with new products and advances in technology. The Annex also makes binding upon Contracting States the provisions of the Technical Instructions, which contain the very detailed and numerous instructions necessary for the correct handling of dangerous cargo. The Annex contains fairly stable material requiring only infrequent amendment using the normal Annex amendment process. Other codes have existed for regulating the carriage of dangerous goods by air, but these did not apply internationally or were difficult to enforce internationally and, moreover, were not compatible with the corresponding rules of other transport modes.Īnnex 18 specifies the broad Standards and Recommended Practices to be followed to enable dangerous goods to be carried safely. This has been done by adopting Annex 18, together with the associated document Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air. ICAO recognizes the importance of this type of cargo and has taken steps to ensure that such cargo can be carried safely. Because of the advantages of air transport, a great deal of this dangerous cargo is carried by aircraft. These dangerous goods are essential for a wide variety of global industrial, commercial, medical and research requirements and processes. More than half of the cargo carried by all modes of transport in the world is dangerous cargo-explosive, corrosive, flammable, toxic and even radioactive. In order to assist in achieving compatibility with the regulations covering the transport of dangerous goods by other modes of transport, the provisions of this Annex are based on the Recommendations of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The material in this Annex was developed by the Air Navigation Commission in response to a need expressed by Contracting States for an internationally agreed set of provisions governing the safe transport of dangerous goods by air. The subject of carriage of dangerous goods by air is addressed in Annex 18 to the Chicago Convention.
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