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In general, the transport of dangerous goods by sea shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of SOLAS and of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code). This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) lays down the exemptions (Annex 1) based on the MSC Circ. 1075, when transporting dangerous goods covered by the Regulations Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) or Annexes a and B of the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) on board roro ships in the Baltic Sea. The IMDG Code shall be the basis for all transport operations.

The following has been agreed between the participating countries

1) This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) shall come into force not later than 1 January, 2005. It shall replace the Memorandum of Understanding revised at the MoU Conference in Riga 18 - 20 June 2002 and Stockholm 17-19 June 2003.

2) The competent authorities in charge of checks in ports should arrange for a representative proportion of checks to be conducted on consignments.

3) Amendments to this MoU shall be made in accordance with the procedures in Annex 2.

4) This MoU is valid until revoked by the Member States. Signatures

Annex 1
as revised under the chairmanship of Denmark 2014

Memorandum of Understanding for the Transport of Packaged Dangerous Goods in the Baltic Sea

Section 1 Application

(1) By derogation from the provisions of the IMDG Code, these provisions may be applied on all roro ships operating within the Baltic Sea proper, the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded in the north by the line Skaw-Lysekil provided that the requirements following below are met.

(2) Roro ships having been issued with a Document of Compliance in accordance with Section 8 below may carry, at the same time, cargo transport units (CTUs) which either fulfil the requirements of ADR/RID or of the IMDG Code.

(3) Dangerous goods, which either fulfil the requirements of ADR/RID or the IMDG Code may be loaded together in the same CTU (see Section 4).

Section 2 Definitions

(1) The terms used in this MoU refer to the IMDG Code except those listed below in this section

(2) Shipowner means company as defined in the ISM Code.

(3) Ondeck stowage means stowage on the weather deck.

(4) Underdeck stowage means stowage in a cargo space; in an open roro cargo space, unless it is considered by a competent authority to be a weather deck; and/or in a closed roro cargo space, as appropriate.

(5) Low Wave height Area (LWHA) is a sea area where according to the Agreement concerning specific stability requirements for roro passenger ships undertaking regular scheduled international voyages between or to or from designated ports in North West Europe and the Baltic Sea, 28 February 1996 (Stockholm Agreement), set into effect on 1 April 1997, the significant wave height does not exceed 2.3 metres more than 10 % of the year (see Appendix 1 of Annex 1). Traffic in other areas can be considered as LWHa traffic by the competent authorities concerned if equivalent safety can be assured.

(6) The competent authorities in accordance with these provisions are:

Section 3 Transport of dangerous goods

(1) Dangerous goods that are classified, packaged, marked, labelled, documented and loaded together on or in a CTU or unit load in accordance with the requirements of ADR/RID or the IMDG Code may be transported in accordance with the provisions of this MoU.

(2) The application of packing instruction R001 of section 4.1.4 of ADR/RID is allowed only for the traffic in LWHA.

(3) Tanks shall either comply with chapter 4.2 ADR/RID or the IMDG Code, as amended, or comply with chapter 4.3 ADR/RID, as amended. Tanks with open venting devices should not be permitted for transport on board of roro ships.

(4) Bulk containers shall comply with chapter 7.3 ADR/ RID, as amended, or 4.3 of the IM DG Code, as amended, for substances of class 4.3 only closed waterproof CTUs shall be used.

(5) Vehicles (UN 3166 or 3171) loaded in a closed or sheeted CTU may be carried provided that the consignor or his representative informs the master about the presence of the vehicle.

Section 4 Loading and placarding of CTUs

(1) Packages (packagings, large packagings or IBCs) containing dangerous goods shall be segregated from each other within CTUs in accordance with the provisions of the IMDG Code. However, for LWHa traffic packages may be loaded together in the same CTU if segregation categories "away from" or "separated from" are applicable according to the provisions of the IMDG Code.

(2) Substances and articles assigned to class 1 or bearing a label of class 1 as subsidiary risk, shall be loaded and segregated in accordance with ADR/RID or the IMDG Code.