UN3480, PI 965, Section IA and IB. Lithium ion cells and/or batteries must be offered for transport at a state of charge not exceeding 30% of their rated design capacity. Cells and/or batteries at a greater state of charge may only be shipped with the approval of the State of Origin and the State of the Operator under the written conditions established by those authorities. UN3480, PI 965, Section IA and IB, are forbidden for carriage on passenger aircraft. All packages must bear the Cargo Aircraft Only label in addition to other marks and labels required by the regulations.
State of charge not exceeding 30% also applies to UN3480, PI 965, Section II. All packages prepared in accordance with Section II of PI 965 are forbidden for carriage on passenger aircraft. All packages must bear the Cargo Aircraft Only label in addition to other marks and labels required by the regulations.
No shipper is permitted to offer for transport more than one package prepared according to Section II in any single consignment. Not more than one package prepared in accordance with Section II of PI 965 may be placed into an overpack. The lithium battery handling label and the Cargo Aircraft Only label must either be clearly visible or the label must be affixed on the outside of the overpack and the overpack must be marked with the word Overpack.
This also applies to Lithium metal batteries, UN3090, PI 968, Section II.
Packages prepared according to Section II of PI 965 and PI 968 must be offered to the operator separately from other cargo and must not be loaded into a unit load device (ULD) before being offered to the operator.