DGSA — dangerous goods safety adviser (ADR 1.8.3)
A full dangerous goods service — consulting, training, marking and our own digital platform ADRplus. International experience and clients across Europe. We are changing how the industry works with ADR goods.
- Training
- Documents
- IT solutions
- 10+years of practice
- 60+companies served
- 1000+drivers trained
- International service
What your DGSA does
The scope of the role is set by ADR 1.8.3.3 — the main task is to keep dangerous goods operations safe and compliant.
Compliance monitoring
Day-to-day oversight that the carriage of dangerous goods follows the ADR requirements.
Advising the company
Practical guidance on every dangerous goods question the business faces.
Annual report
A yearly report on dangerous goods activities — preserved for five years and available to the authorities on request.
The DGSA also monitors
- Identification of dangerous goods and transport documents
- Vehicles, equipment and their checks
- Employee training and training records
- Emergency procedures and incident investigation
- Packing, filling, loading and unloading
- Security plan and choice of subcontractors
The full list of duties — ADR 1.8.3.3.
Who must appoint a DGSA
The duty — ADR 1.8.3.1
ADR 1.8.3.1 requires every undertaking that consigns, carries, packs, fills, loads or unloads dangerous goods to appoint a safety adviser. Monitoring transport documents is one of the duties under ADR 1.8.3.3.
National law and fines
- Each ADR country sets the exemptions, any notice to the authority and the fines in its national law — the rules country by country are in our directory.Learn more
Certificate — ADR 1.8.3.7
The DGSA must hold a valid ADR certificate. Ours is valid until 2030 and, under ADR 1.8.3.15, is recognised in every ADR country.
All the work — on one platform
We build IT solutions for dangerous goods work — to raise safety, make everyday work easier and reduce violations and incidents.
- Tools — transport document, substance card, tunnels
- Documents and registers in one place
- Training at the Academy with certificates
- Everything runs online — nothing to install
- Works comfortably on a phone
How it works
Implementing an ADR system in your company is simple and clear. We prepare all the documents — you only sign. We set up platform access, and employees complete their training online. Then comes day-to-day work in a comfortable environment, with ADR tools always at hand.
- 01
Request
Leave a request — the answer comes within one working day.
- 02
Contract
We sign the contract — your company has an appointed consultant.
- 03
Notifying the authorities
We handle the notifications where they are required.
- 04
Employee registration
We register all involved employees on the ADRplus platform.
- 05
Training
Employees complete ADR 1.3 training online — with certificates.
- 06
Day-to-day work
The consultant monitors compliance and stays reachable for daily questions.
- 07
Annual report
We prepare the annual report (ADR 1.8.3.3) and keep it on the platform.
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Incidents and documents
If something happens — we investigate, prepare the reports and all the paperwork.
Full ADR compliance — for a company of any size
Every ADR compliance tool in one subscription, whatever the size of the company. For a smaller business it means the full service at a sensible price, for a large one — predictable costs without an in-house platform or a specialist on the payroll. Compliance does not have to be expensive to be serious.
ADRplus One
€50/ mo
+ €10 per dangerous goods transport or shipment
What's included
- Appointed DGSA under contract
- Appointment notice filed with the authority
- Web platform and the ADRplus mobile app
- Company audit, annual and accident reports
- Chapter 1.3 training — online courses, tests and certificates in the academy
- Documents, instructions and tunnel routing
One-time fees
Paid separately
By signing the contract you accept the prices of this price list.
Cost calculator
- First payment — registration
- €200
- Per month
- €250
+ VAT.
An individual solution
Several countries, sites or guaranteed response times — we will build the scope around your operation.
Contact the consultantFrequently asked
What companies ask us most often before signing the contract.
Question not answered here
Write to the consultantDuty and the law
Do I legally need a DGSA?
ADR 1.8.3.1 requires every undertaking that consigns, carries, packs, fills, loads or unloads dangerous goods to appoint a DGSA. ADR 1.8.3.2 lets each country exempt undertakings whose quantities per transport unit stay within the limits of 1.1.3.6, 1.7.1.4 and chapters 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5, and occasional low-risk domestic operations. Countries adopt these exemptions differently, some not at all, and set their own deadlines and fines. Staff training under ADR 1.3 is required in every case. A short review with us tells you where you stand under the law of the country you work in.
Which countries do you cover?
We advise across Europe, in the language your team works in. Our work rests on both ADR and the national law of the country where you operate — we study every case in depth.
Working together
How quickly can you start?
We can start within a day. We sign the contract, file the appointment notice where it is required and open platform access for your employees — training begins right away. Once an employee has completed the training, they can work with dangerous goods.
What happens if we have an incident?
Incident response is part of the subscription — your consultant helps investigate, produces the required report and advises on corrective action.
What happens when our company grows?
There is a single subscription, so there is nothing to switch. When your team grows, you register the new employees — €20 each, training included — and the monthly subscription stays the same.
Useful for your team
Training, the knowledge base and materials our clients use day to day.