Peculiarities of legal regulation of transportation of dangerous goods

Today, in the global market of logistics services for the transportation of dangerous goods, there is a problem of balancing the commercial and safety conditions of these transportations. The system of international regulation of the transportation of dangerous goods is quite complex and its regulatory legal support includes conventions and agreements. The current scheme of actions of the main conventions and agreements regulating the transportation of dangerous goods by various modes of transport was created by an international organization and must be implemented in national legislation. The system of international regulation of the transportation of dangerous goods is quite complex and its regulatory legal support includes many conventions and agreements. Scheme of actions of the main conventions and agreements regulating the transportation of dangerous goods by various types of transport, and international organizations that ensure their development and promote their implementation into regional norms and national transport legislation, outlined in this article. In the international plan, the main source of the regulatory framework in the field of transportation of dangerous goods by all types of transport are the UN Recommendations on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (Model Rules). The development of recommendations for the transportation of dangerous goods (Model Rules) is carried out by the Committee of Experts on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods in the globally agreed system of classification and labeling of chemical substances of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. On their basis, international organizations and national authorities of various countries are developing normative documents regulating the transportation of dangerous goods by various modes of transport, i.e., reflects the international legal basis, which should be implemented in national legislation. Today, the 18th edition of the Standard Rules for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods is in effect. Work on improving standards continues primarily because, according to UN data, the share of dangerous goods in world freight traffic is constantly growing and now reaches almost half of its total volume. The transportation of dangerous goods is associated with a significant potential for the occurrence of extraordinary events. There is an urgent need for measures to reduce this potential to the level of residual risks acceptable to society and the state.