Competent Authority Exemptions
Competent Authority Exemptions are used for temporary derogations, generally for specific dangerous goods, from national transport provisions only. They are usually initiated by the consignor or carrier, and must specify the nature, control measures, conditions and duration of the exemption.
Requests for Competent Authority Exemptions may be made by completing a Form for Application, which can be emailed to the Authority at contactus@hsa.ie.
Current Exemptions issued under European Communities (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment) Regulations 2011, as amended:
Exemption No. | Detailed title | Valid From | Date of Expiry |
| Estimation of the quantities of UN 3291, medical or clinical waste, for the purposes of carriage by road | 12 July 2023 | 30 June 2027 |
| The carriage of articles or inner packagings of any type for solids or liquids assembled in outer packaging | 12 July 2023 | 30 June 2027 |
| Carriage of UN 3082, ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, liquid, N.O.S. (Sirolimus) | 11 May 2023 | 14 May 2024 |
| Carriage of UN 2546 TITANIUM POWDER DRY, 4.2, PGI, as waste | 26 April 2023 | 30 April 2024 |
| Exemption for tank LT0895 from the provisions of 6.8.2.4.5 | 27 June 2022 | 27 June 2025 |
| Carriage of empty uncleaned packaging waste | 18 May 2022 | 30 Sept 2023 |
| Exemption from the requirements of ADR 4.3.4.1 with respect to the hierarchy of tanks for the carriage of UN3336 | 01 September 2021 | 29 August 2024 |
| Exemption from the requirements of ADR 6.8.2 with respect to the certificates of type approval and initial inspection and test | 23 December 2020 | 05 October 2023 |
