The emergency response information described below must appear on shipments of dangerous goods to, from, within or transiting through France. This provision does not apply to the transport of magnetized material or dangerous goods for which no transport document is required.

Telephone number

• The transport document required under the ICAO Technical Instructions must contain a telephone number by means of which emergency response information can be obtained in case of an incident and/or accident involving the dangerous goods being transported.

• This telephone number must be available 24 hours a day and must include the regional codes and, for international numbers outside France, the country and city codes needed to complete the call from France.

• This telephone number must be monitored at all times by a person who:

  • is knowledgeable concerning the hazards and characteristics of the dangerous goods being transported;

  • has comprehensive emergency response and accident mitigation information for the dangerous goods; and

  • can immediately call upon a person who possesses such knowledge and information.