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Agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and on the special equipment to be used for such carriage (ATP).

Author(s) : UNITED NATIONS (NATIONS UNIES)

Type of article: Files on regulations

Summary

The ATP Agreement was drawn up by the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Committee for Europe (UNECE) and presented in Geneva on September 1, 1970. It entered into force on November 21, 1976. The Agreement and its annexes have been regularly amended and updated since their entry into force by the Working Party on the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs (WP.11) of the Economic Commission for Europe’s Inland Transport Committee, in order to take technological evolutions into account.This agreement lays down a set of rules and standards that are to be applied to the international transport of certain perishable foods (fruit and vegetables are outside the scope of the agreement). It provides a multi-lateral agreement between Signatory Countries (Contracting Parties) for overland cross-border carriage of perishable foodstuffs. Its purpose is to facilitate international traffic by setting common internationally recognised standards.It is an Agreement between States, and there is no overall enforcing authority. In practice, highway checks are carried out by Contracting Parties, and non-compliance may then result in legal action by national authorities against offenders in accordance with their domestic legislation. ATP itself does not prescribe any penalties. It applies to transport operations (excluding air transport) performed on the territory of at least two of the Contracting Parties. In addition, a number of countries have also adopted the ATP as the basis for their national legislation.

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ATP Agreement - Full text (English version)

Pages: 122

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Accord ATP - Texte intégral (French version)

Pages: 122

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ATP Agreement - IIR Summary Sheet (English version)

Pages: 5

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Accord ATP - Fiche de synthèse de l'IIF (French version)

Pages: 6

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Details

  • Original title: Agreement on the international carriage of perishable foodstuffs and on the special equipment to be used for such carriage (ATP).
  • Record ID : 30028309
  • Languages: French, English
  • Subject: Regulation
  • Publication date: 2020

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