Additional Changes for Lithium Ion Batteries
On 22 February the ICAO Council adopted the
recommendation of the ICAO Air
Navigation
Commission
(ANC)
that
lithium
ion
batteries,
UN
3480,
Packing
Instruction
965
only,
be
forbidden, on an interim basis,
as cargo on passenger aircraft. The prohibition does
not
apply
to
lithium
ion
batteries
packed
with
equipment
or
lithium
ion
batteries
contained
in
equipment, UN 3481, Packing Instruction
966 and Packing Instruction 967
respectively.
The prohibition becomes effective 1 April 2016,
as applies to the requirements that
lithium
ion batteries, UN 3480, PI 965, to be
shipped at a state of charge of no more than 30%
of
their
rated
capacity,
and
other
changes
advised
through
the
addendum
to
the
57th
edition
of the IATA Dangerous Goods
Regulations (DGR) issued in January of
this
year.
A
further
addendum
to
the
DGR
will
be
issued
later
this
week
to
align
with
the
issuance
of Addendum 4 to the ICAO
Technical Instructions. The addenda to
the DGR
are
available from the IATA website
at:
The final changes for lithium batteries
effective 1 April 2016 are as
follows.
Changes to the Provisions for Lithium Batteries Effective 1 April 2016
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UN 3480, PI 965, Section IA and IB. Lithium ion cells and batteries must be offered for transport at a state of charge (SoC) not exceeding 30% of their rated design capacity. Cells and/or batteries at a SoC of greater than 30% may only be shipped with the approval of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator under the written conditions established by those authorities.
UN
3480, PI 965, Section IA and IB are forbidden for carriage on
passenger aircraft.
All
packages
must
bear
the
Cargo
Aircraft
Only
label
in
addition
to
the
other
marks
and
labels
required by the
Regulations.
Note:
Guidance
and methodology for determining the rated capacity can be found in
the
UN
Manual
of Tests and Criteria,
5th Revised Edition, Amend. 1 and Amend. 2,
Section
38.3.2.3.
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UN 3480, PI 965, Section II. Lithium ion cells and batteries must be offered for transport at a state of charge (SoC) not exceeding 30% of their rated design capacity.
All
packages prepared in accordance with Section II of PI 965 are
forbidden
for
carriage on passenger aircraft. All
packages must bear the Cargo Aircraft Only label
in
addition
to the other marks and labels required by the
Regulations.
A
shipper
is
not
permitted
to
offer
for
transport
more
than
one
(1)
package
prepared
according to Section II in any
single
consignment.
Not
more
than
one
(1)
package
prepared
in
accordance
with
Section
II
of
PI
965
may
be
placed
into
an
overpack.
When
the
package
is
placed
in
an
overpack,
the
lithium
battery handling label and
Cargo Aircraft Only label required
by this packing
instruction
must either be clearly visible or
the label must be affixed on the outside of the
overpack
and the overpack must be marked with the
word
“Overpack”.
-
UN 3090, PI 968, Section II. A shipper is not permitted to present for transport more than one (1) package prepared according to Section II in any single consignment.
Not
more
than
one
(1)
package
prepared
in
accordance
with
Section
II
of
PI
968
may
be
placed
into
an
overpack.
When
the
package
is
placed
in
an
overpack,
the
lithium
battery handling label and
Cargo Aircraft Only label required
by this packing
instruction
must either be clearly visible or
the label must be affixed on the outside of the
overpack
and the overpack must be marked with the
word
“Overpack”.
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Packages prepared according to Section II of PI 965 and PI 968 must be offered to the operator separately from other cargo and must not be loaded into a unit load device (ULD) before being offered to the operator.
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