Although the automotive industry is not directly affected by this directive, many companies also supply the non-automotive sector. Many substances that are restricted by RoHS already fall under other legal regulations, such as Annex II of the ELV (End-of-Life Vehicles Directive) or REACH. This means that there is no industry that is not affected by the substance restrictions. There are differences in handling exceptions and reporting.

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Question 1:
We use a metal filler in an automotive product. Unfortunately, the manufacturer is not in a position to supply us with a corresponding data record. Reference is only made to the safety data sheets that have been sent to us.

How should we proceed now or what possibility exists to list the used product in the IMDS data record created by us for our customer? What is the general procedure for products for which no IMDS data record is available?

Answer:
The IMDS General Rules and

Release 12.0

The new IMDS Release 12.0 is expected to go live on May 9, 2019 and includes a number of enhancements:

• The IMDS Regulation Wizard receives a refinement of the search and clearer text descriptions
• New handling of MDB versioning without basic substances with regulation information
• Changed Application Code Checks for Spare Parts
• Extended warning for inbox checks
• Update of recyclate information

For more information, see the preliminary release notes.

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As an automotive supplier, you are contractually obliged to enter all data relating to the materials you use in the IMDS or to request this from your suppliers. This requires professional data management, which is connected with a considerable expenditure in terms of time - and this is exactly where the service of IMDS Professional starts:

In addition to our IMDS and material compliance training courses, as a full-service provider we also take over all your material data management tasks. This