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Annex 18 — The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air
Annex: SARPs and associated material
Broad principles governing dangerous goods transport by air. Detailed shipment decisions require the applicable current Technical Instructions and national/operator procedures.
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This introductory description is based on the inspected 2021 ICAO catalogue entry. It is not a paragraph-level interpretation of the local PDF.
Catalogue citation: Annex 18, entry beginning at line 681 in the local text edition of the ICAO Products and Services Catalogue 2021.
Historical catalogue edition: 4th edition, incorporating Amendments 1�10. July 2011.
Not comprehensively checked; do not assume the catalogue or local PDF is current.
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