members
Logistics Committee
María Jesús Almenar Martín - Fecc Anaide Burel - UFCC (French Association) Ignace Dejager - Brenntag John Gustin - Univar Paul Natens - Azelis Christian Hultenschmidt - VCH (German Association)
Peter Steinbach - VCH (German Association) Robert Stuyt - VHCP (Dutch Association) Franz Saif - BTC Speciality Chemical Distribution Francisco Jimenez - Campi y Jové
Peter Newport CBA (British Association) Chairperson
Introduction
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The Logistics Committee monitors developments in EU and international legislation concerning the safe transport and handling of dangerous goods as well as related security issues. Some of the regulations followed by this Committee are: UN Model rules/ADR-/RID-/IMDG, and other issues dealing with the carriage of dangerous goods (i.e. EU Transport legislations), security issues in the transport of dangerous goods, SQAS Distributor/ ESAD& Warehouse assessment systems and accident statistics.
Achievements 2011
The Committee works directly with relevant industry groups dealing with similar issues, such as Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council), IRU (International Road Union) and ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association), as well as through Chairmanship of INDA (Alliance of European Industry Sectors Involved in the transport of dangerous goods).
Activities 2011 ,,UN
level - Monitoring the developments at the UN Sub-Committee of Experts for Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN/ADR/RID/IMDG), especially the ADR revision 2011/2013 ,,EU level - Participation at the European Commission’s DG MOVE Committee on Transport of Dangerous Goods ,,Involvement with stakeholders - Cooperation and exchange of experiences with relevant international associations (INDA, Cefic, ECTA) ,,Work started on diverging national load securing legislations ,,Input to the Cefic Issue Team on safety at un/ loading sites ,,Update of INDA Security Guidance and publication for first time by DG MOVE on Commission website
to the SQAS Technical & Accreditation Committee - Revision of SQAS/ESAD & Warehouse 2011 system ,,Participation in ECTA Working at Height work group
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to Cefic helped secure a reformat of the draft SULID output document in to three separate forms for Bulk Liquids, solids and packaged cargoes
Work Plan 2012 ,,UN
level - monitor and input to the UN Model Rules and ADR 2013 revision ,,EU level - development of positions and/or comments to European initiatives affecting logistics aspects of the chemical distribution sector: ◊ The Commission White Paper – Future of Transport 2010-2020 ◊ Weights and Dimensions ◊ Revision of the Eurovignette Directive ◊ Urban transport ◊ Supply Chain Security ,,Input to the Industry Guidelines on Safety at (un)loading ,,Enhance the relationships with the partners in the supply chain (Cefic, ECTA) ,,Exchange of best business practices (e.g. learning from incidents) ,,Monitor and evaluation of the SQAS/ESAD & Warehouse 2011 implementation and input to the SQAS Technical & Accreditation Committee (number of assessments and feedback from the members on ESAD assessments, analysis of the trends and statistics to identify areas of improvement) ,,Explore the possibility for pan European guidance documents on logistics
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