4.9.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L221/17 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 20 August 2003 authorising Member States pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC to adopt certain derogations with regard to transport of dangerous goods by road (notified under document number C(2003) 3027) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/635/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road (), as amended by Directive 2000/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (%), and in particular Article 6(9) thereof, Having regard to the notification received from the Member States concerned, Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC, Member States may adopt provisions which are less stringent than those provided for in the Annexes to that Directive with regard to the transport, within their territory, only of small quantities of certain dangerous goods, with the exception of substances having a medium or high level of radioactivity. (2)  Pursuant to Directive 94/55/EC, Member States may adopt provisions different from those set out in the Annexes to that Directive with regard to local transport limited to their territory. (3) A number of Member States have notified to the Commission their wish to adopt such provisions. Those provisions have been examined by the Commission which has concluded that the relevant conditions are met. It is therefore appropriate to authorise the adoption of those provisions. () OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 7. () OJ L 279, 1.11.2000, p. 40. (4)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Committee on transport of dangerous goods, set up by Article 9 of Directive 94/ 55/EC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 Member States listed in Annex I are authorised to adopt, with regard to the transport by road within their territory only of small quantities of certain dangerous goods, the provisions set out in that Annex. Those provisions shall be applied without discrimination Atticle 2 Member States listed in Annex II are authorised to adopt, with regard to local transport limited to their territory, the provi- sions set out in that Annex. Those provisions shall be applied without discrimination. Atticle 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 August 2003. For the Commission Loyola DE PALACIO Vice-President