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. A small diagram should illustrate the connections: What does

Since 2007, the European Chemicals Regulation for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) has been in force in the EU. The regulation regulates the manufacture and marketing of chemicals. The regulation affects not only manufacturers but also downstream users - i.e. companies that do not manufacture these substances themselves but process them further. The first step was to register chemical substances at the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency). This took

Here is an example for a Chemistry Manager request: Subject: IMDS-Open Requests for regulatory information updates CompanyID: 1111 Dear XY, Your company Beispiel GmbH [1111] has received the following open requests in the last week. Top MDS Part/Item No. MDS ID Name Part/Item No. MDS ID Number of Requests Date of first request Regulation Type Top MDS Part/Item No. MDS Name 111111113 1000002 / 1 XY XXXX 1200000 1000000 / 2 1 01.06.2017 Biocidal Product Regulation XYYYYYYY 1000000 MDS Name

In the last journal, we handled the topic CAMDS from our service offer. We have noticed that more and more customers are requesting support in this area. Now, the Chinese Due Diligence Guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains have been published in December 2015. This is one more reason for us to take up this topic once again in this issue and inform you on this subject. What are the Due Diligence Guidelines?Over the years, China has become aware of the responsibility of companies