The SCIP database was developed to improve the recycling and long-term replacement of substances of very high concern (SVHC) in products to protect people and the environment. All companies whose products are placed on the market in the EU and contain SVHC above 0.1 per cent by mass will be obliged to submit information to this database from January 2021. In our Info-Point you can read more about the background and challenges. The requirements for the data to be submitted are complex and

You know the problem! Despite contractual agreements, you often receive insufficient or even no data from your suppliers. And time and again you have to explain what data you need, in what form and why.

Both for data input into the IMDS, the CDX or the new SCIP database - valid data are essential for correct and complete material reporting. If only to meet the requirements of your customers and legal regulations.

It is where we can support you and provide you with comprehensive guidelines

The IMDS celebrates its 20^th birthday this year - wow. It all started when the automotive industry wanted to have a system to prove that they comply with the European End-of-Life Vehicle Directive (ELV). In the meantime, IMDS can do much more and has become an integral part of the everyday life of car drivers. It was a pioneer and is also a model for other systems for automated material reporting. Reread our birthday text here and take a look back at its history:

To ensure that you are well prepared and can practice the correct handling of the new SCIP database, we have developed online training courses.

The training ‘SCIP Database and Reporting Duties’ (No. 6180) familiarises you with the background and objectives as well as the legal basis of the database. You will learn who is affected and subject to reporting obligations and become familiar with the essential SCIP terms. You will also gain an insight into the SCIP notification procedure and learn

Question 1:

We are to create an IMDS entry with different materials for our customer. We get these materials from our sub-suppliers and then combine them into a complete IMDS entry.

Now we have an adhesive in use, which burns completely at about 150 degrees and is no longer present afterwards (adhesive is only used to fix two other materials). The component where the adhesive is used reaches a temperature of far more than 600 degrees.

My question is: Should the adhesive be included in the

Since 4 July 2020, PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and other compounds related to PFOA have been banned in the EU. It was regulated in Annex I of the EU Regulation 2019/1021 (so-called POP Regulation). It is the European implementation of the UN Stockholm Convention, which replaces the previously valid restriction of PFOA under Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation.

By definition, suppliers are obliged to always check the Global Automotive Declarable Substance List (www.gadsl.org) for

The deactivation of the Rec019 data sheets of the ZVEI has been postponed to March 2021. However, many car manufacturers already reject MDS in which these data sheets were used. We, therefore, recommend that the IMDS data, according to Rec001 to be made available for electronic components and materials at all levels of the supply chain.

We have provided examples and explained the challenges for correct reporting in an interesting blog post.

1. Increased precision for portions
   The maximum number of floating point digits in portions is increased from 6 to 9 to allow the input of tiny fragments (e.g. for substances like PFOA)
   
   
2. Wizard for metallic materials
   This wizard helps users to select a material MDS name (MMDS) and a default material number. Suppose a default MMDS already exists for this material. In this case, a message will inform the user when releasing or referencing an MMDS.
   
   
3. Support for multi-sourcing
   

   The current scope of

Many companies in the automotive industry will also be obliged from January 2021 to additionally transmit the data of the SVHC they use to the new SCIP database. There will be new attribute fields as well as an interface from IMDS Release 13.0 (planned for March 2021) to the SCIP database to keep the effort as low as possible.

For newly created components, the following new attribute fields will be introduced:

• Article category/Taric codes
• Production in the EU
• Instructions for safe use