{"id":25197,"date":"2023-06-22T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialcargo.com\/blog\/flexibilization-of-adr-certificate-extension\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:02:36","slug":"adr-certificate-extension-flexibilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/college.specialcargo.com\/en\/blog\/knowledge-base\/adr-certificate-extension-flexibilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexibilization of ADR certificate extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/heading\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Normal procedure<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<p>The period of validity of the ADR certificate is 5 years. In the year before the expiration date, a renewal course can be taken and a renewal exam can be taken. When the ADR certificate is renewed, the new certificate is valid only from the expiration date of the then valid certificate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/heading\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortening the validity period<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<p>It is also possible to renew the ADR certificate earlier than 12 months before the expiration date. The advantage of this is that you can still count course hours within a 5-year period of continuing education, for example. In this case, the validity of the new certificate starts on the examination date and not on the expiration date of the still valid certificate. This therefore shortens the validity period of the still valid certificate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/heading\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Renewing a foreign ADR certificate in the Netherlands.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<p>A foreign ADR certificate cannot be renewed by a Dutch ADR exam until the last year before the expiration date. A copy of the foreign certificate must be sent with the application for the examination. If the exam candidate is not a Dutch national then a copy of the identity document must also be sent along.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/heading\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expiration of an ADR certificate<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container \" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8\"> \n<p>After the expiration date, the certificate is expired. If the ADR certificate has expired, then an initial ADR course must be taken again and an initial exam passed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal procedure The period of validity of the ADR certificate is 5 years. In the year before the expiration date, a renewal course can be taken and a renewal exam can be taken. 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