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Driver's DOPAS Certificate
Driver's Dangerous Goods (D.O.P.G.) Certificate - a certificate issued by the federal executive authority responsible for control and supervision in the transport sector to a driver of an automotive vehicle engaged in the transportation of dangerous goods, certifying that the driver has completed training for drivers of vehicles transporting dangerous goods and successfully passed an examination on knowledge of special requirements in accordance with paragraph 8.2.2.7 of Appendix B to the Agreement on International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (D.O.P.G.) dated September 30, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the D.O.P.G. Agreement), which must be complied with when transporting dangerous goods1.
Federal Law No. 259-FZ dated November 8, 2007 "Regulation on Road Transport and Urban Ground Electric Transport", as amended on March 1, 2026, Article 2, Subparagraph 2 // RSFSR Gazette. 2007. No. 46. Item 5555. ↩