IEC 62474:2018 pdf download.Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry
1 Scope
This document specifies the procedure, content, and form relating to material declarations for products and accessories of organizations operating in and supplying to the electrotechnical industry. Process chemicals, emissions during product use and product packaging material are not in the scope of this document.
The main intended use of this document is to provide data up and down the supply chain that:
- allows organizations to assess products against substance compliance requirements,
- allows organizations to use this information in their environmentally conscious design process and across all product life cycle phases.
This document specifies mandatory declaration requirements and also provides optional declaration requirements.
This document does not suggest any specific method or process to capture material declaration data in the supply chain. However, it provides a data format used to transfer information within the supply chain. Organizations have the flexibility to determine the most appropriate method to capture material declaration data without compromising data utility and quality. This document is intended to allow reporting based on engineering judgement,supplier material declarations, and/or sampling and testing.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 61360-1, Standard data element types with associated classification scheme - Part 1:Definitions - Principles and methods
IEC 61360-2，Standard data element types with associated classification scheme for electric components - Part 2: EXPRESS dictionary schema
ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, Procedures specific to IEC
3.1 article
object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design which determines its function to a greater degree than does its chemical composition [SOURCE: EU REACH Regulation (EC) No.1907/2006, Article 3]
3.2 composition declaration
quantitative declaration of substances contained within a product, product part, or material as applicable
3.3 data exchange format
data elements and attributes specified in an XML schema and developer's table to support a material declaration exchange
3.4 declaration for compliance
declaration regarding the presence or absence of declarable substances and declarable substance groups with mandatory reporting requirements in the IEC 62474 declarable substance list relative to a reporting threshold level for a defined reportable application
3.5 declarable substance
DS
substance that meets specified criteria for reporting
Note 1 to entry: Criteria for declarable substances within the IEC 62474 DSL are specified in Clause 5.
Note 2 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.IEC 62474 pdf download.