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At its last meeting 3-7 February 2025, the DoS WG agreed on the following recommendations:
a) Member States to harmonise national regulations with the international legal and regulatory framework for the safe and secure transport of radioactive material and where regulatory variations exist (as referred to in points (a) to (c) in Annex-I of SSR-6 Rev.1, and in para 2.5 of Annex 18 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation), report these to the Agency through National Competent Authorities. b) Member States to facilitate the safe and secure transport of radioactive material, and identify, if they have not done so, a National Focal Point on the Denial of Shipment of radioactive material to address this issue in a satisfactory and timely manner, and to take into consideration the communication strategy developed by the DoS WG, for implementation by the NFP. c) Member States to nominate a member to the DoS WG as per the note verbale of 30 June 2022.
d) Member States to provide a necessary mandate to the Secretariat to establish and maintain a publicly accessible list of regulatory variations (as referred to in points (a) to (c) in Annex-I of SSR-6 Rev.1, and in para 2.5 of Annex 18 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation). e) The Secretariat to implement the following actions, and the Policy Making Organs of the IAEA to consider providing suitable resources to the Secretariat in order to effectively address the issue of Denial of Shipment: i. establishing and maintaining a publicly accessible list of regulatory variations (as referred to in points (a) to (c) in Annex-I of SSR-6 Rev.1, and in para 2.5 of Annex 18 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation) reported by Member States. ii. continue maintaining a list of NFPs.
iii. expedite the process of developing and publishing a webpage on the facilitation of the transport of radioactive material. iv. making available the Communication Strategy to National Focal Points and publish it on the webpage on the facilitation of the transport of radioactive material. v. reviewing the existing NFP Handbookand identify areas that require updating during the next DoS meeting. vi. The Secretariat to cooperate with UNECE, IMO, ICAO and other relevant organisations of the UN family to increase awareness and knowledge about safe and secure transport of radioactive material by engaging in regular dialog, issuing joint correspondence, and participating in relevant events. f) The IAEA to request IMO to collect and publish variations to IMDG code in connection to Class 7. g) The IAEA to remind NFPs to report on DoS to IAEA as part of their roles & responsibilities.
h) Member States to address this issue and the recommendations of the DoS WG in the safety resolution of the 69th regular session of the IAEA General Conference.
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