Transport of Dangerous Goods

Multimodal Collaboration on Risk Management

A level playing field for Inland TDG risk management

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Multimodal & sustainable framework

Practicable by all stakeholders

Compatible with current legislation

Scalable to various risk situations

Recognised risk management results

Inland TDG risk management frameworkDevelopment phase 2014-2017

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+50 Contributors from roads, railways and

waterways ->

Companies, authorities, regulators, associations…

ERA TDG Roadmap extranet +100 registered members

<- TDG Experts from regulatory committees ->

ERAMultimodal technical facilitatorLeading author of the framework

DG MOVEPolicy target

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Inland TDG risk management frameworkStakeholders’ needs

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• Citizens– Confidence in efforts deployed for improving safety– Transparency

• Co-modality– Optimal use of modes– Multimodal assessments

• Safety– Common approach to risk estimations– Highest practicable safety level (globally)– Avoid uncontrolled risk transfers

• Interoperability– Remove barriers to international operations– Assessment of safety rules

• Companies & regulators– Common decision-making framework– Robust and recognised decisions

Minimising risks with a multimodal, practicable and recognised approach

Inland TDG risk management frameworkGuides

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Application scope (examples)

and results (examples)

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Inland TDG Risk management framework2018-2020 activities

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Dissemination

Risk estimation engine(specification in 2018)

Dissemination workshop

-> 1st Dissemination workshop: 10 July 2018 in Luxembourg-> 2nd Dissemination workshop: 23 October in Madrid

nominate your experts as EUDG members (still open)

-> 2nd EUDG meeting: 11-12 July 2018 in Luxembourg

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Facilitation

Publication

Expert Users and Development Group (EUDG)

a harmonised method

(guides)

Inland TDG risk management frameworkA future IT platform?

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a common risk management platform

toFrom

(IT service)

Common risk management platform (RMP)Added-value

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Decision-making time

Access to market time

Study costs

Consultancy market

(national)Investment cost

in recognised tools

Implementation quality & reliability

National approaches

One common approach

National barriers

Easier

decisions

Study costs

Number of users

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Common Risk Management Platform (RMP)

Common risk management platform (RMP)Next steps

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• RMP impact assessment -> September 2018

• RMP Go/No Go Decision -> Q4 - 2018

• If positive, RMP developments -> start in 2019

• RMP online -> in 2020

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Questions ?

Minimising risks with a multimodal, practicable and recognised approach