IATA DGR 2016 Updates
IATADGR57th-Addendum1-19Jan2016.pdf
International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published an Addendum on 19 January 2016 for the 2016 Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) 57th edition. These regulations and updates are for shippers of dangerous goods (hazardous material) transported by air. This addendum contains significant changes to the provisions for lithium ion batteries (UN 3480) shipped under Packing Instruction (PI) 965 and to Section II of PI 968 for lithium metal batteries (UN 3090). These changes take effect as of 01 April 2016. The addendum also contains other changes and corrections to the DGR, these are effective immediately. The addendum also contains new and modified State and operator variations. Please take the time to download your own copy of these updates from IATA’s download website http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dgr/Pages/download.aspx
