ADDENDUM III to the 54th Edition of the IATA DGR

 

 

IATA has issued the latest addendum to the 54th Edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Manual.

 

In accordance with the recent addendum issued by ICAO to the 2013 - 2014 edition of the Technical Instructions to amend the provision for lithium batteries associated with electronic devices to also make reference that this includes medical devices containing lithium batteries so that more than two spare lithium batteries of not more than 100 Wh may be carried by passengers with such medical devices.

 

In addition to the changes related to special provision A51, there are also a number of revisions to State and operator variations that have been advised and that are now effective.

 

Please advise all concerned about these relevant changes, effective immediately.

 

To view all changes online, please click here to view the document.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Jodie Murray
Training & Publications Administrator

Australian Federation of International Forwarders Ltd (AFIF)
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