{
 "title": "Official ADR Sources and Where to Find Them: 7 Routes Compared (2026)",
 "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources/dangerous-goods/official-adr-sources",
 "publisher": "Vektor Group",
 "reviewed": "2026-10-08",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for the selection and the descriptions; each source keeps its own terms",
 "entries": [
  {
   "position": 1,
   "name": "Vektor research library",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Finding which ADR provision or UN document a fact comes from, then opening it on this list",
    "Source type": "Unofficial index and reference data; the library says the official ADR text and national law govern",
    "Access": "Free, no registration, CC BY 4.0; 425 linkable entries",
    "Limit": "Covers the topics we have built, not all of ADR, and replaces none of the official texts"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 2,
   "name": "UNECE ADR 2025 files",
   "url": "https://unece.org/adr-2025-files",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Quoting a provision of Annexes A and B, Table A included",
    "Source type": "Official edition of the agreement's annexes",
    "Access": "Free PDF in English, French and Russian; copyright United Nations, all rights reserved",
    "Edition": "Volumes 1 and 2, ECE/TRANS/352, published 2 January 2025"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 3,
   "name": "UN Treaty Collection, ADR status page",
   "url": "https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XI-B-14&chapter=11&clang=_en",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "The agreement's own articles, who is a party, and whether an amendment has been accepted",
    "Source type": "Depositary record of the United Nations, official",
    "Access": "Free web page and PDF of the certified true copy",
    "Status": "9 signatories and 55 parties, status as at 8 October 2026"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 4,
   "name": "Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods",
   "url": "https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32008L0068",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Showing that ADR applies inside a Member State, and which national derogations the EU allows",
    "Source type": "EU law, a directive, official",
    "Access": "Free; English Official Journal text, L 260 of 30 September 2008",
    "Limit": "The 2008 text names ADR as applicable from 1 January 2009; Article 8 adapts the annexes to later ADR amendments, so check EUR-Lex for amending acts"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 5,
   "name": "BMV, Gefahrgut Recht und Vorschriften Straße",
   "url": "https://www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/DE/Artikel/G/Gefahrgut/gefahrgut-recht-vorschriften-strasse.html",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Finding the binding German text for an ADR edition, and seeing how a party promulgates each one",
    "Source type": "National ministry page linking the binding texts",
    "Access": "Free, German only; page dated 17 September 2026",
    "Limit": "The page says only texts published in the Bundesgesetzblatt or Verkehrsblatt are binding; its newest consolidated German ADR is 2021"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 6,
   "name": "GOV.UK Transporting dangerous goods collection",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/transporting-dangerous-goods",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "UK exception notices, derogations, multilateral agreements and the DfT team's contact",
    "Source type": "National government guidance and notices",
    "Access": "Free, English, Open Government Licence v3.0 except where stated",
    "Limit": "Collection last updated 23 December 2024, and its multilateral agreements section still links ADR 2017"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 7,
   "name": "BAM Dangerous Goods Database, DGG-Info",
   "url": "https://www.dgg.bam.de/dgginfo/?lang=en",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Looking up a substance's transport data across the regulations, then reading the provision",
    "Source type": "Technical database from a federal institute, not a legal text",
    "Access": "Free; datasets under Datenlizenz Deutschland Namensnennung 2.0",
    "Limit": "BAM excludes liability for the data's currency, accuracy and completeness"
   }
  }
 ]
}