---
type: provision
id: packages-prepared-in-accordance-with-the-size-limits-in-paragraph-c-1-c-5-i
asset: lithium-battery-shipping-limits
title: "(c)(5)(i) — Lithium battery shipping limits (49 CFR 173.185)"
sources:
  - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185
source_quote: "A package prepared in accordance with the size limits in paragraph (c)(1) is subject to all applicable requirements of this subchapter, except that a package containing no more than 2.5 kg lithium metal cells or batteries, or 10 kg lithium ion cells or batteries, is not subject to the UN performance packaging requirements in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185#p-173.185(b)(3)(ii)> paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this section, when the package displays both the lithium battery mark in paragraph (c)(3)(i) and the Class 9 Lithium Battery label specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-172.447> § 172.447 of this subchapter . This paragraph does not apply to batteries or cells packed with, or contained in, equipment."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-03
stale_after: 2027-01-30
provision: "(c)(5)(i)"
applies_to: "packages prepared in accordance with the size limits in paragraph (c)(1)"
threshold: "2.5 kg lithium metal cells or batteries, or 10 kg lithium ion cells or batteries"
requirement: "A package containing no more than 2.5 kg lithium metal cells or batteries, or 10 kg lithium ion cells or batteries, is not subject to the UN performance packaging requirements in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this section, when the package displays both the lithium battery mark in paragraph (c)(3)(i) and the Class 9 Lithium Battery label specified in § 172.447 of this subchapter."
unverified_fields: provision
---
**Provision:** (c)(5)(i)

**Applies to:** packages prepared in accordance with the size limits in paragraph (c)(1)

**Threshold:** 2.5 kg lithium metal cells or batteries, or 10 kg lithium ion cells or batteries

**Requirement:** A package containing no more than 2.5 kg lithium metal cells or batteries, or 10 kg lithium ion cells or batteries, is not subject to the UN performance packaging requirements in paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this section, when the package displays both the lithium battery mark in paragraph (c)(3)(i) and the Class 9 Lithium Battery label specified in § 172.447 of this subchapter.

> A package prepared in accordance with the size limits in paragraph (c)(1) is subject to all applicable requirements of this subchapter, except that a package containing no more than 2.5 kg lithium metal cells or batteries, or 10 kg lithium ion cells or batteries, is not subject to the UN performance packaging requirements in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185#p-173.185(b)(3)(ii)> paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this section, when the package displays both the lithium battery mark in paragraph (c)(3)(i) and the Class 9 Lithium Battery label specified in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-172.447> § 172.447 of this subchapter . This paragraph does not apply to batteries or cells packed with, or contained in, equipment.

Source: <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/section-173.185>