Following the issuance of an addendum to the 2021-2022 edition of the ICAO Technical Instructions, IATA issued an addendum to the 62nd edition of the Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR).
The new and revised regulations in the addendum affect the shipping of COVID-19 vaccines as well as some precautious measures adopted by operators to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. It is important for all DGR users to obtain a copy of the addendum to ensure full compliance.
The addendum addressed some specific issues related to the coronavirus pandemic with changes as follows:
- the addition of an allowance for operators to carry onboard an aircraft alcohol-based hand sanitizers and cleaning products (DGR 2.5);
- removal from the provisions of the regulations COVID-19 vaccines containing GMO or GMMO (DGR 3.9.2.5); and
- addition of special provision A220 to except packages containing COVID-19 vaccines accompanied by data loggers and/or cargo tracking devices from the need to bear the lithium battery mark and consequently information on the air waybill.
In addition, the IATA addendum includes new and revised State and operator variations and corrections to the 62nd edition of the DGR.
This addendum along with the language versions has been posted on the dangerous goods document page.
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