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What's New in the 2025 IATA DGR?

Posted on 9/6/2024 by Lion Technology Inc.

Mandatory compliance with the 66th Edition IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) begins on January 1, 2025. In addition to changes adopted by the IATA, the 2025 DGR incorporates all amendments for the 2025—26 edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions.

The official summary of significant changes is now available:
Significant Changes and Amendments in the 66th Edition (2025)

Check back next week for significant changes to the rules affecting lithium and sodium-ion battery shippers.

What

Significant Changes to the 66th IATA DGR

Changes include:

  • New entries to the list of dangerous goods.
    • UN 0514, Fire suppressant dispersing devices, Division 1.4S.
    • UN 3559, Fire suppressant dispersing devices, Class 9.
    • UN 3554, Gallium contained in manufactured articles.
  • Updates to the list of organic peroxides.
  • Expanding the exception for COVID-19 vaccines to cover “all pharmaceutical products…packed in a form ready to be administered…”
  • Amending the list of Category A pathogens “to show monkey pox as category A when in culture form only.”
  • Appendix A – Many changes to the defined terms in the Glossary.

Changes to the 2025 DGR's Special Provisions:

  • A40 – to expand the application of liquid desensitized explosives in Class 3.
  • A69 – to include reference to gallium.
  • A190 – to clarify that Special Provision A2 does not apply to neutron radiation detectors shipped in accordance with A190.
  • A107 – to permit apparatus, articles or equipment containing dangerous goods to contain up to 5 L and/or 5 kg of environmentally hazardous substances.

Changes to the 2025 DGR's Packing Instructions (PI):

  • PI 869 – broadened to include UN 3554, Gallium contained in manufactured articles.
  • PI 961 – now includes UN 3559, Fire suppressant dispersing devices.

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