Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Directive on the approximation of the laws of the member states with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road, which entered into force on 1 January 1997, contains a number of transitional provisions which are only valid for a limited period of time, the term of validity being linked to the completion of specific standardisation work by the CEN, that is the European committee for standardisation.
1	Mr	mister	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	42	vocative	_	_
2	President	president	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	1	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Commissioner	commissioner	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	42	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	4	punct	_	_
6	ladies	lady	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	42	vocative	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	6	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Directive	Directive	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	E	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	approximation	approximation	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	E	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	laws	law	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	E	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	member	member	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	states	state	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	E	_	23	case	_	_
23	regard	regard	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	E	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	transport	transport	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	E	_	29	case	_	_
28	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	goods	good	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	E	_	31	case	_	_
31	road	road	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	31	punct	_	_
33	which	which	PRON	PR	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
34	entered	enter	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	into	into	ADP	E	_	36	case	_	_
36	force	force	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
37	on	on	ADP	E	_	38	case	_	_
38	1	1	NUM	N	NumType=Card	34	obl	_	_
39	January	January	PROPN	SP	_	38	flat	_	_
40	1997	1997	NUM	N	NumType=Card	38	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	11	punct	_	_
42	contains	contain	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
43	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	number	number	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	E	_	47	case	_	_
46	transitional	transitional	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	provisions	provision	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	_
48	which	which	PRON	PR	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
49	are	be	AUX	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	cop	_	_
50	only	only	ADV	B	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	valid	valid	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	47	acl:relcl	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	E	_	55	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	limited	limited	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	period	period	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	E	_	57	case	_	_
57	time	time	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	51	punct	_	_
59	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	term	term	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	64	nsubj:pass	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	E	_	62	case	_	_
62	validity	validity	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
63	being	be	AUX	VA	Number=Sing|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	64	aux:pass	_	_
64	linked	link	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	51	advcl	_	_
65	to	to	ADP	E	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	completion	completion	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	E	_	71	case	_	_
69	specific	specific	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	standardisation	standardization	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	_
71	work	work	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
72	by	by	ADP	E	_	74	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	CEN	CEN	PROPN	SP	_	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	80	punct	_	_
76	that	that	PRON	PR	PronType=Rel	80	advmod	_	_
77	is	is	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	fixed	_	_
78	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
79	European	European	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	80	amod	_	_
80	committee	committee	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	74	conj	_	_
81	for	for	ADP	E	_	82	case	_	_
82	standardisation	standardization	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	80	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	42	punct	_	_
