The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, commonly known as ADR (from the French abbreviation Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route), governs transnational transport of hazardous materials.
Launched in Geneva on 30 September 1957 under the aegis of the United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe, it first took effect on 29 January 1968. The agreement was modified (article 14, paragraph 3) in New York on 21 August 1975, though these changes only took effect on 19 April 1985. A new amended ADR 2011 entered into force on January 1, 2011.
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