Legal Framework for the Transport of Dangerous Goods in Kosovo

• Author: Nexhat Jashari
• Position: Professional staff in the Assembly of Kosovo, PhD, Faculty of Law, University 'Hasan Prishtina' Republic of Kosovo
• Pages: 61-72

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Legal Framework for the Transport of

Dangerous Goods in Kosovo

Nexhat JASHARI

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Abstract: The great importance of the legal regulation of the transport of dangerous goods pushed me

to analyse issues in this paper related to the new legislation in the field of transportation of dangerous

goods in Kosovo adopted after 1999.Given the fact that in Kosovo we do not have any other scientific

paper which addresses legislation in the field of transport of dangerous goods, this paper presents a

special contribution in addressing theoretical and scientific analysis on this issue. In this paper, a special

emphasize has been given to harmonization, respectively, to the approximation of the new legislation

in Kosovo with the acquis, in the field of transport of dangerous goods, as well as the aspects of direct

implementation in Kosovo of EU Legislation and other international acts in this area. In the final part

of this paper, as a result of scientific research, important recommendations were provided for the future

inter alia present an immediate request to amend and supplement the legal framework for transportation

of dangerous goods in Kosovo.

Key words: Dangerous goods; Administrative Instruction; ADR; RID; UNMIK

1. Introduction

The end of the war in Kosovo raised for discussion many issues which required

responses by the legislative body. The laws of the period before 1999 became

applicable under some conditions set by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo

(UNMIK) Regulation

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, whereas on the other hand, new laws begun to be issued in

those areas that were less regulated. Such voluminous and important changes in the

context of a legal discipline, in a relatively short period of time, persuaded me to

make, in this paper, a comparative presentation of the situation of a significant

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Professional staff in the Assembly of Kosovo, PhD, Faculty of Law, University “Hasan P rishtina”

Republic of Kosovo, Address: Prishtina 10000, Republic of Kosovo, Corresponding author:

njashari@hotmail.com.

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Regulation No. 1999/24 on the Applicable Law in Kosovo, and the Regulation No. 2000/59 on

Amending the Regulation No. 1999/24 on the Applicable Law in Kosovo.

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