RELATIONSHIP TO ICAO ANNEX 18 AND THE TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS BY AIR (DOC 9284)
As per ICAO Annex 18 Standard 2.7 ‘Each Contracting State shall designate and specify to ICAO an appropriate authority within its administration to be responsible for ensuring compliance with this Annex’.
According to the UAE Federal Law 04/1996, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority is the designated appropriate authority responsible for ensuring compliance with the international and national Dangerous Goods regulatory requirements within the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates is a member State of the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority.
The ICAO Annex 18 and the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air are applicable for the transport of dangerous goods by air from, to or through the Member States of ICAO.
The United Arab Emirates applies more restrictions than the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air.
The provisions of Annex 18 govern the international transport of dangerous goods by air. The broad provisions of Annex 18 are amplified by the detailed specifications of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284).
Dangerous Goods may be carried safely by air transport provided certain requirements are complied with as defined in the ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air. These Regulations facilitate transport while giving a level of safety so that dangerous goods could be carried without posing hazard to the aircraft and its occupants, health and or the environment. Some dangerous goods are identified as too dangerous to be carried on any aircraft; some are forbidden in normal circumstances but may be carried with specific approval from the States concerned subject to meeting the requirements outlined in the;
