Transport Instructions - Bicker BP-LFP-1375 Operating And Safety Instructions Manual

8. Transport instructions

The commercial transportation of lithium batteries is subject to the dangerous
goods law. Transport preparations and transport must only be carried out by
appropriately trained persons or the process must be accompanied by appro-
priate experts or qualified companies.
Transport regulations
Lithium batteries are subject to the following dangerous goods regulations and
exceptions - in the respective current version:
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Transport of damaged or defective battery modules
Defective or damaged battery modules are also subject to the stricter transport
special provision 376. These reach all the way to packaging in an aluminum box
with vermiculite filling or a complete transport ban.
Air transport of waste batteries
Waste batteries and batteries transported for purposes of recycling or disposal
are excluded from air freight unless authorized by the competent national
authorities of the country of origin and the country of the executing company.
(IATA DGR SV A183)
Batteries for disposal and recycling (road/railway/sea)
Lithium batteries may be transported for disposal and recycling in accordance
with ADR SV 230 and SV 188, as applicable, or, if they have a gross mass of not
more than 500 g, according to ADR SV 636 b.
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Class 9
UN 3480: LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES (including lithium-ion polymer
batteries)
UN 3481: LITHIUM ION BATTERIES CONTAINED IN EQUIPMENT or
LITHIUM ION BATTERIES PACKED WITH EQUIPMENT
Packing group: II
Tunnel category E
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