Why do wildcards have the addition "not to declare"?
Wildcards can be used as highly confidential basic substances. However, it is forbidden to use them to replace basic substances that are subject to declaration (D) or even prohibited substances (P).
The addition "not to declare" is used to make this clear to the user.
Please always remember to comply with Rule 4.5.2.B of IMDS Guideline 001:
If a GADSL update changes the status of basic substances which are marked as confidential in a material MDS, the respective material MDS must be updated
Update of the REACH candidate list
How organizational units in IMDS can support you
What are organizational units?
In IMDS, the concept of organizational units was implemented in order to better structure companies registered in IMDS and to be able to send targeted information to individual organizational units. In this way it is possible, for example, to send material data sheets (MDS) directly to certain organizational units instead of to the whole company.
When structuring in organizational units, further IMDS IDs are created for the various organizational units in an
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