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    "type": "Term",
    "label": "Competent authority approval",
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      "id": "competent-authority-approval",
      "name": "Competent authority approval",
      "aka": [
        "competent authority",
        "State of Origin approval"
      ],
      "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
      "definition": "Written permission from a national authority designated under dangerous-goods law to ship what the standard provisions do not allow. By air under the IATA DGR, prototype lithium batteries not yet tested to UN 38.3, or batteries over 35 kg on cargo aircraft, need approval from the State of Origin; by road, an authority can authorise conditions for critically defective batteries.",
      "related": [
        "transport-regulations",
        "damaged-battery-transport",
        "shipping-soc",
        "equivalent-lithium-content"
      ],
      "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/competent-authority-approval/",
      "mentions": [
        "iata-dgr"
      ]
    }
  },
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      "id": "edge:7020",
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      "target": "term:transport-regulations",
      "type": "relatedTo",
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        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "meaning": "Related context; not a causal claim"
      }
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    {
      "id": "edge:7021",
      "source": "term:competent-authority-approval",
      "target": "term:damaged-battery-transport",
      "type": "relatedTo",
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        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
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    },
    {
      "id": "edge:7022",
      "source": "term:competent-authority-approval",
      "target": "term:shipping-soc",
      "type": "relatedTo",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "meaning": "Related context; not a causal claim"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "edge:7023",
      "source": "term:competent-authority-approval",
      "target": "term:equivalent-lithium-content",
      "type": "relatedTo",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "meaning": "Related context; not a causal claim"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "edge:mentions/competent-authority-approval/iata-dgr",
      "source": "term:competent-authority-approval",
      "target": "term:iata-dgr",
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      "properties": {
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        "field": "definition",
        "meaning": "Text mention; not a causal claim"
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    {
      "id": "topic:topic-standards-vehicle",
      "type": "Topic",
      "label": "Vehicle and transport standards",
      "properties": {
        "id": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "name": "Vehicle and transport standards",
        "lede": "The regulations and standards a vehicle battery must meet to be approved, and the rules for shipping batteries by road, sea and air.",
        "context": "Check issuing organization, edition, scope and market.",
        "example": "Shipping tests and vehicle battery approval tests address different uses; passing one does not automatically satisfy another.",
        "lesson_url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/fundamentals/battery-basics/",
        "lesson_label": "Open battery basics"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:transport-regulations",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "UN 38.3",
      "properties": {
        "id": "transport-regulations",
        "name": "UN 38.3",
        "aka": [
          "UN transport test",
          "lithium battery shipping"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The United Nations test sequence that every lithium cell and battery must pass before it can be shipped: altitude, thermal cycling, vibration, shock, external short, impact or crush, overcharge and forced discharge. Air shipment of cells also caps state of charge at 30 %.",
        "related": [
          "shipping-soc",
          "abuse-testing",
          "iec-62133",
          "altitude-simulation-test"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/transport-regulations/",
        "mentions": [
          "overcharge",
          "state-of-charge"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:damaged-battery-transport",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Damaged and defective battery transport",
      "properties": {
        "id": "damaged-battery-transport",
        "name": "Damaged and defective battery transport",
        "aka": [
          "ADR SP 376",
          "SP 377",
          "critical defective battery"
        ],
        "section": "topic-recycling",
        "definition": "The dangerous-goods rules for moving lithium batteries that are damaged, defective or sent for disposal, set in ADR special provisions 376 and 377: specific packagings, and for batteries liable to react dangerously, packaging approved for that risk. A swollen or crashed pack is never shipped as an ordinary battery.",
        "related": [
          "reverse-logistics",
          "transport-regulations",
          "swelling",
          "thermal-runaway"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/damaged-battery-transport/",
        "mentions": []
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:shipping-soc",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Shipping state of charge",
      "properties": {
        "id": "shipping-soc",
        "name": "Shipping state of charge",
        "section": "topic-safety",
        "definition": "The state of charge at which cells leave the factory and travel, kept low to reduce both calendar aging and the energy available in an incident. Air-freight rules cap lithium-ion cells shipped alone at 30 %, and plants often target 10–20 %.",
        "unit": "%",
        "related": [
          "storage-soc",
          "transport-regulations",
          "calendar-aging"
        ],
        "lesson": "fundamentals/cell-production/#finishing",
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/shipping-soc/",
        "mentions": [
          "state-of-charge"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:equivalent-lithium-content",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Equivalent lithium content",
      "properties": {
        "id": "equivalent-lithium-content",
        "name": "Equivalent lithium content",
        "abbr": "ELC",
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "A notional lithium mass, 0.3 g per ampere-hour of rated capacity, once used to classify lithium-ion batteries for transport; its 8 g battery limit corresponded to about 100 Wh. The rules now rate lithium-ion by watt-hours and lithium-metal batteries by their actual lithium mass, the lightest regime allowing 1 g per cell and 2 g per battery.",
        "formula": "ELC = 0.3 g/Ah × rated capacity",
        "unit": "g",
        "related": [
          "transport-regulations",
          "lithium-metal-battery",
          "watt-hour",
          "competent-authority-approval",
          "shipping-soc"
        ],
        "example": {
          "title": "Interpret the legacy conversion",
          "text": "Using the historical ELC conversion of 0.3 g/Ah, a 5 Ah rated battery corresponds to 1.5 g ELC. This calculated convention does not measure lithium mass and is not a substitute for current transport classification."
        },
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/equivalent-lithium-content/",
        "mentions": [
          "ampere-hour",
          "nominal-capacity"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:iata-dgr",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations",
      "properties": {
        "id": "iata-dgr",
        "name": "IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations",
        "abbr": "DGR",
        "aka": [
          "IATA DGR",
          "packing instruction 965"
        ],
        "section": "topic-standards-vehicle",
        "definition": "The airline industry’s manual for shipping dangerous goods by air, built on the ICAO Technical Instructions and reissued every year. Lithium batteries fall under packing instructions 965–967 for lithium-ion — alone, packed with or inside equipment — and 968–970 for lithium metal. Lithium-ion batteries shipped alone must be at no more than 30 % state of charge; from 2026 so must those packed with equipment above 2.7 Wh.",
        "related": [
          "transport-regulations",
          "shipping-soc",
          "imdg-code",
          "adr-rid-adn",
          "cfr-49",
          "iec-62281"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/iata-dgr/",
        "mentions": [
          "state-of-charge"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}