Aviation and rail: operating-document dossiers · France / Switzerland
RID rail shipment: goods, equipment and documents
Dangerous-goods rail preparation connects the goods description, applicable RID edition and national requirements to the actual shipment. France and Switzerland have their own implementing framework and authority routes. Identify consignor, carrier and other operational roles, then link equipment approvals, markings and transport particulars. The tool organises evidence; it does not classify a substance, prescribe packaging or certify safe carriage from incomplete records.
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What classification and dangerous-goods description are documented?
France: compare the actual goods description, claimed transport classification and supporting-document version. Switzerland: preserve the same identifiers under the relevant RID framework; a chemical safety-data-sheet classification does not by itself settle the complete rail dangerous-goods description.
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Which RID edition and goods identification apply to the shipment?
France: record the RID edition, shipment date, route and applicable national implementing framework for examination. Switzerland: RSD 3 and annex 1 identify RID 2025 within the current retained Swiss text; that reference does not itself resolve every classification, equipment or exception question.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Dangerous-goods rail-shipment evidence record
Synthetic example: fictional records. Dangerous-goods rail-shipment evidence record.
Synthetic example: fictional records · Dangerous-goods rail-shipment evidence record
- Jurisdiction
- France
- Goods and reference
- Product A, identity to verify
- Invoked RID framework
- Edition and provision to confirm
- Equipment used
- Packaging or wagon M1
- Document and roles
- Document D1, parties R1
The tool organises evidence; it does not classify a substance, prescribe packaging or certify safe carriage from incomplete records.
What classification and dangerous-goods description are documented?
France: compare the actual goods description, claimed transport classification and supporting-document version. Switzerland: preserve the same identifiers under the relevant RID framework; a chemical safety-data-sheet classification does not by itself settle the complete rail dangerous-goods description.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Preparation reference: Dangerous-goods rail-shipment evidence record
| Preparation question | Point to verify |
|---|---|
| Which RID edition and goods identification apply to the shipment? | France: record the RID edition, shipment date, route and applicable national implementing framework for examination. Switzerland: RSD 3 and annex 1 identify RID 2025 within the current retained Swiss text; that reference does not itself resolve every classification, equipment or exception question. |
| What classification and dangerous-goods description are documented? | France: compare the actual goods description, claimed transport classification and supporting-document version. Switzerland: preserve the same identifiers under the relevant RID framework; a chemical safety-data-sheet classification does not by itself settle the complete rail dangerous-goods description. |
| Which consignor, carrier, filler, loader or other duties arise from the actual roles? | France: map actual consignor, carrier, filler, loader and other functions before locating their provisions. Switzerland: RSD 1 distinguishes the covered actors; one undertaking may perform several roles, but the worksheet does not assign every duty indiscriminately to an intermediary. |
| What packaging, tank or wagon approvals must accompany the load? | France: connect packaging, tank or wagon identifiers and the claimed approval with the proposed load. Switzerland: retain corresponding equipment and inspection evidence under the actual branch; a generic certificate does not establish that every configuration or dangerous good is covered. |
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Which consignor, carrier, filler, loader or other duties arise from the actual roles?
France: map actual consignor, carrier, filler, loader and other functions before locating their provisions. Switzerland: RSD 1 distinguishes the covered actors; one undertaking may perform several roles, but the worksheet does not assign every duty indiscriminately to an intermediary.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Dangerous-goods rail preparation connects the goods description, applicable RID edition and national requirements to the actual shipment. France and Switzerland have their own implementing framework and authority routes. Identify consignor, carrier and other operational roles, then link equipment approvals, markings and transport particulars. The tool organises evidence; it does not classify a substance, prescribe packaging or certify safe carriage from incomplete records.
What packaging, tank or wagon approvals must accompany the load?
France: connect packaging, tank or wagon identifiers and the claimed approval with the proposed load. Switzerland: retain corresponding equipment and inspection evidence under the actual branch; a generic certificate does not establish that every configuration or dangerous good is covered.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Which marking, labelling and transport-document particulars are required?
France: reconcile the actual marking, labelling and transport-document particulars with the goods selected for shipment. Switzerland: preserve discrepancies in identifiers, quantity and equipment too. The tool neither issues a compliant transport document nor verifies the physical load.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
What quantity, combination or exception is actually invoked?
France: identify the precise exception, quantity and conditions invoked rather than assuming small quantities are universally exempt. Switzerland: RSD 5 provides distinct derogation routes in its scope; this worksheet applies no universal threshold or dangerous-goods score to the supplied shipment.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Which route and handover controls belong to the shipment record?
France: record route, handover points, responsible actors and the versions passed between them. Switzerland: preserve those actual transfer and documentation records without inferring completion from a planned departure; a transport document and the performed handover remain different evidence.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
What inconsistencies between goods, equipment and documents require specialist correction?
France: flag inconsistent goods identity, classification, equipment approval or responsibility for specialist review. Switzerland: do the same against the selected RID and RSD scope. A completed preparation record does not establish that the actual dangerous-goods movement may proceed.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
What other questions arise in this file?
What classification and dangerous-goods description are documented?
France: compare the actual goods description, claimed transport classification and supporting-document version. Switzerland: preserve the same identifiers under the relevant RID framework; a chemical safety-data-sheet classification does not by itself settle the complete rail dangerous-goods description.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
What packaging, tank or wagon approvals must accompany the load?
France: connect packaging, tank or wagon identifiers and the claimed approval with the proposed load. Switzerland: retain corresponding equipment and inspection evidence under the actual branch; a generic certificate does not establish that every configuration or dangerous good is covered.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
What quantity, combination or exception is actually invoked?
France: identify the precise exception, quantity and conditions invoked rather than assuming small quantities are universally exempt. Switzerland: RSD 5 provides distinct derogation routes in its scope; this worksheet applies no universal threshold or dangerous-goods score to the supplied shipment.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
What inconsistencies between goods, equipment and documents require specialist correction?
France: flag inconsistent goods identity, classification, equipment approval or responsibility for specialist review. Switzerland: do the same against the selected RID and RSD scope. A completed preparation record does not establish that the actual dangerous-goods movement may proceed.
Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8
Which official references should you consult?
- Code des transports L1252-1 : L1252-1www.legifrance.gouv.fr
- Ordonnance sur le transport de marchandises dangereuses par chemin de fer et par installation à câbles (RSD), RS742.412 : 1, 3, 5, 8www.fedlex.admin.ch
Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026