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COINTINUED: SECTION 14. TRANSPORT INFORMATION
• Lithium-ion batteries are not subject to dangerous goods regulation for the purpose of transportation by the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods regulations (IMDG). For Lithium-ion batteries, the Watt-hour rating is no more than 20Wh /cell and
100Wh/ battery pack can be treated as "non-dangerous goods" by the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods/Special Provision 188, provided that the products are prevented from being short-circuited with each other and are
packaged in an appropriate condition which satisfies Packing Group II performance level.
• lATA (International Air Transport Association): Dangerous Goods Regulation
Packing Instruction 965 (Lithium-ion or lithium polymer cells and batteries without electronic equipment)
Section II requirements apply to lithium-ion cells with a Watt-hour rating not exceeding 20 Wh and lithium-ion batteries with a Watt-
hour rating not exceeding 100 Wh packed in quantities that within the allowance permitted in Section II, Table 965-11.
TABLE 965-II
Contents
Lithium-ion cells and/or batteries
with a Watt-hour rating of
2.7 Wh or less
Lithium-ion cells with a Watt-
hour rating of more than 2.7Wh
but not more than 20Wh
Lithium-ion batteries with a
Watt-hour rating of more than
2.7Wh but not more than
100Wh
Maximum number of cells /
batteries per package
No limit 8 cells 2 Batteries
Maximum net quantity per
package
2.5 kg N/A N/A
Lithium-ion cells and batteries meeting the requirements in this section are not subject to other additional requirements of these
Regulations except for:
 Each cell and battery is of the type proven to meet the requirements of each test in the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, Part III,
subsection 38.3;
• cells and batteries must be manufactured under a quality management program;
• for batteries, The Watt-hour rating must be marked on the outside of the battery case;
• Each package must be capable of withstanding a 1.2m drop test in any orientation without:
- damage to cells or batteries contained therein;
- shifting of the contents so as to allow battery to battery (or cell to cell) contact;
- release of contents.
 Each package must be labeled with a lithium battery handling label.
Section IB requirements apply to lithium-ion cells with a Watt-hour rating not exceeding 20 Wh and lithium-ion batteries with a Watt-
hour rating not exceeding 100 Wh packed in quantities that exceed the allowance permitted in Section II, Table 965-II.
Quantities of lithium-ion cells or batteries that exceed the allowance permitted in Section II, Table 965-II must be assigned to Class 9
and are subject to all of the applicable provisions of Regulation.
Even classified as lithium batteries packed with equipment (UN3481), lATA Dangerous Goods Regulations packing instruction 966 is
applied.
Even classified as lithium batteries installed in equipment (UN3481), lATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
packing instruction 967 is applied.
SECTION 15. REGULATORY INFORMATION
 IMDG Code: International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code 2012 Edition
 ICAO TI: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by
Air 2013-2014 Edition
 lATA DGR: International Air Transport Association (lATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations 54th Edition