- the total weight of lithium batteries contained in any package must not exceed the limits for passenger aircraft or cargo aircraft, as applicable; - the Shipper's Declaration must indicate UN 3091 Lithium metal batteries packed with equipment or UN 3481 Lithium ion batteries packed with equipment, as appropriate. - if a package contains both lithium ion batteries and lithium metal batteries packed with and contained in equipment, the package must be marked as required for both battery types and the dangerous goods transport document must indicate both UN 3091 Lithium metal batteries packed with equipment and UN 3481 Lithium ion batteries packed with equipment. 1.4 Packaging Dangerous goods shall be packed in good quality packagings. Packagings shall be strong enough to withstand the shocks and loadings normally encountered during carriage, including trans-shipment between transport units and between transport units and warehouses. Packagings shall be constructed and closed so as to prevent any loss of contents when prepared for transport which might be caused under normal conditions of transport, by vibration, or by changes in temperature, humidity or pressure No dangerous residue shall adhere to the outside of packagings during carriage. “Overpack” means an enclosure that is used by a single consignor to consolidate one or more small means of containment for ease of handling but that is not a minimum required means of containment (see definition in § 1.2). Examples of Overpack: 1. A loading tray such as a pallet, on which several packages are placed or stacked and secured by a plastics strip, shrink or stretch wrapping or other appropriate means; or 2. An outer protective packaging such as a box or a crate; "Package" means the complete product of the packing operation, consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for dispatch. Dangerous goods shall not be packed together in the same outer packaging or in large packagings, with dangerous or other goods if they react dangerously with each other and cause: (a) combustion or evolution of considerable heat; (b) evolution of flammable, asphyxiant, oxidizing or toxic gases; (c) the formation of corrosive substances; or (d) the formation of unstable substances. Before being filled and handed over for carriage, every packaging, including IBCs and large packagings, shall be checked to be free from corrosion, contamination or other defects Any packaging which shows signs of weakening, with reference to the approved prototype shall no longer be used or shall be refurbished so that it can pass the tests required for the prototype. Plastic packagings For plastics drums and jerricans, rigid plastics IBCs and composite IBCs with plastics inner receptacles, unless otherwise approved by the competent authority, the period of use permitted for the carriage of dangerous substances shall be five years from the date of manufacture of the receptacles, except where a shorter period of use is prescribed because of the nature of the substance to be carried. Approved packagings: The packs can be used must have passed specific tests and testing conform to the prototype tested. Copyright © www.batteriestransport.org 21
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