Regulations and compliance

Yes. Keeping the regulatory database current — annual IATA editions, biennial IMDG amendments and biennial ADR revisions — is part of an active subscription. You don’t have to upgrade anything: when the new version is published, the application uses it for new shipments automatically.

When you create an IATA shipper’s declaration that also needs the road information required by 1.1.4.2.1 ADR (e.g. for European, UK or North African legs), DGAssistant adds the ADR data automatically to the same document, producing a combined IATA + ADR declaration. You can also print the ADR information separately if you prefer. The same applies to IMDG: the multimodal hazardous materials form is produced with the ADR information integrated, or printed separately on request.

The platform’s core focus is IATA, IMDG and ADR. RID is not part of the standard offering today; if you have a concrete need for it please contact us so we can discuss your scenario.

Yes. SmartDGAssistant validates segregation rules for IMDG (segregation groups, exceptions per UN/labels, custom rules) and applies the relevant ADR and IATA constraints when you build a shipment. Errors and warnings are surfaced as you add goods, so you can fix them before printing.

Lithium battery shipments are fully supported across IATA, IMDG and ADR, including the correct UN numbers, packing instructions (e.g. IATA PI 965–970) and special markings. With ADR 2025, DGAssistant also supports the renamed "battery mark" (formerly "lithium battery mark"), the updated Class 9A "lithium battery and sodium-ion battery hazard label", and sodium-ion batteries (UN 3551, UN 3552, UN 3558). Because lithium and battery regulations change frequently, the rules are updated by us; you only need to keep your subscription active.

The 67th edition of the IATA DGR, effective 1 January 2026, is already live in DGAssistant. Highlights: new "hybrid" entries for UN 3166; new entries UN 3561, UN 3562 (chlorophenols), UN 3563 and UN 3564 (batteries installed in cargo transport units); the 30% state-of-charge limit for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries shipped with equipment or vehicles; updated special provisions and packing instructions; revised Section 9 explosives segregation; and updated state and operator variations including Addendum I. As IATA editions are annual, the application moves to the new edition with no manual action on your side.

IMDG Amendment 42-24 (2024 Edition), mandatory from 1 January 2026, is already in production. Highlights: sodium-ion batteries (UN 3551, UN 3552) added to SP230 and the battery mark; tightened rules for carbon (UN 1361, UN 1362) with SP925 removed and new SP978 / SP979, plus the additional transport-document fields under section 5.4.1.5.18; new packing instructions P303 and P912; SP406 raising the LQ threshold to 1,000 mL for several compressed gases; and the new section 5.4.4.2 on exemption certificates. No manual upgrade required.

The 2025 amendments are already in production, including the renamed "battery mark" (formerly "lithium battery mark"), the updated Class 9A "lithium battery and sodium-ion battery hazard label", and full support for sodium-ion batteries (UN 3551, UN 3552, UN 3558) — proper shipping names, packing instructions, marking and documentation. As with previous editions, no upgrade or manual action on your side is required: new shipments automatically use ADR 2025 rules.

IATA documents are issued in English. IMDG accepts English globally. ADR 5.4.1.4.1 requires the transport document for road shipments to be drawn up in an official language of the consignor country and, if that language is not English, French or German, also in English, French or German — unless agreements between the countries involved provide otherwise. DGAssistant generates the documents in the right language for each shipment automatically.