Extreme urgency

In deciding whether the transport is urgent, States should consider why it is important for a consignment to reach its destination quickly or why it has been necessary to make an application at short notice. Dangerous goods may need to be transported because of:

1. humanitarian relief;
2. environmental relief;
3. pestilence;
4. national or international security;
5. saving of life (e.g. rescue); and
6. limited availability at destination.

Applications based on commercial reasons only should not be viewed as urgent and carriage by other forms of transport should also be considered.