Content of the national legislation: Exemption from the requirements of 6.7 and 6.8 of the ADR for the carriage by road of nominally empty uncleaned storage tanks (for storage at fixed premises) for the purpose of cleaning, repair, testing or scrapping, provided that (a) as much of the pipework which was connected to the tank as was reasonably practicable to remove from it has been removed; (b) a suitable pressure relief valve, which shall remain operational during the carriage, is fitted to the tank; and (c) subject to (b) above all openings in the tank and in any pipework attached thereto have been sealed to prevent the ...[+++]escape of any dangerous goods, insofar as it is reasonably practicable to do so.

Harmonised standards for the design, manufacture and testing of pyrotechnic articles are developed by the European standardisation bodies, such as the Committee for European Standardisation (CEN).

In order to facilitate the process of demonstrating compliance with the essential safety requirements, harmonised standards for the design, manufacture and testing of pyrotechnic articles are being developed.

10 maintenance, calibration and testing of any security equipment provided on board, including testing of the ship security alert system.

Cost of action. It is very difficult to give a reliable estimate of the "cost of action" implied, such as for the testing of existing substances where availability of test data generated earlier is largely unknown.

(The staff for the testing of existing substances is already covered by the above-mentioned testing costs.)