IEC TR 63645:2026

IEC TR 63645 ®
Edition 1.0 2026-03
TECHNICAL
REPORT
Environmental aspects for lighting - Literature review on lighting products and
systems
ICS 13.020.01; 29.140.01 ISBN 978-2-8327-1105-7

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 6
3.1 Terms and definitions. 6
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 6
3.2.1 Abbreviated terms - Technical . 6
3.2.2 Abbreviated terms - Organisations . 7
3.3 Programme operators . 7
4 Literature review - Overview . 7
4.1 Visualisation diagram . 7
4.2 Organisation . 7
5 Literature review - Documents and sources . 8
5.1 Literature review overview - General . 8
5.2 IEC Literature reviews. 8
5.3 ISO Literature reviews . 9
5.4 CEN-CENELEC Literature reviews . 10
5.5 CENELEC Literature reviews . 11
5.6 PEP Ecopassport literature reviews . 11
5.7 EPDItaly literature reviews . 11
5.8 BSI United Kingdom literature reviews . 11
5.9 CIBSE United Kingdom literature reviews . 11
5.10 Smart EPD North America literature reviews . 11
6 Literature review - Detailed reports . 12
6.1 General . 12
6.2 IEC TC 1 Terminology . 12
6.3 IEC TC 111 - Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic
products and systems . 13
6.4 TC 207 - Environmental Management . 21
6.5 ISO TC 61 - Plastics . 38
6.6 ISO TC 323 - Circular Economy . 42
6.7 CEN-CLC JTC10 - Material efficiency aspects for ecodesign . 48
6.8 CENELEC TC 111X Environment . 54
6.9 PEP Ecopassport® . 55
6.10 EPDItaly . 58
6.11 BSI United Kingdom . 59
6.12 CIBSE United Kingdom . 60
6.13 Smart EPD - North America . 62
Annex A (informative) IEC Guide publications - Advisory Committee on Environmental
Aspects (ACEA) - Guide publications . 64
Annex B (informative) Examples from IEC Product Committees other than IEC TC 34 . 69
B.1 General . 69
B.2 Technical Committee TC 121 - Switchgear and controlgear and their
assemblies for low voltage . 69
B.3 Technical Committee TC 17 - High-voltage switchgear and controlgear . 70

Bibliography . 72

Figure 1 – Environmental standardization topics . 7

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Environmental aspects for lighting - Literature review on lighting products
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FOREWORD
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IEC TR 63645 has been prepared by IEC Technical Committee 34: Lighting. It is a Technical
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INTRODUCTION
Increasingly, there is a focus on preserving the natural environment for the good of future
generations. For this to be achieved, efficient use of energy and materials throughout the life
cycle of every product and process is essential to conserve the world's finite natural resources.
In addition, release of substances and materials that might be harmful for the environment or
induce climatic changes must be avoided or minimized. From conception to the end of life of a
product, the environmental impact of all the relevant processes should be considered, including
how materials are disposed of or recovered for future use.
To contribute to conserving natural resources, manufacturers and suppliers of lighting products
are implementing environmentally conscious design involving:
– efficient use of energy and materials in the manufacture of products;
– phasing-out or minimizing use of hazardous substances or materials;
– at the end of product life, sorting and recycling materials for future use.
Environmental product declarations and environmentally conscious design are being
increasingly required, and in some instances mandated. These can take several forms, for
example, Type II (self-declaration) or Type III (third-party declaration) environmental
declarations, or material declarations.
Green Public Procurement is a process defined by the European Commission, which can be
applicable and/or environmentally conscious design as part of ISO 14001 certification. Some
countries and regions are actively striving for environmental conservation, for example, the
European Union through its Ecodesign Directive and China through Ecodesign Initiative.
Systematic demands for environmentally conscious design will be required by most, if not all,
lighting product customers, in the medium term.
The literature review in this document covers environmental aspects related to lighting products
and is intended to provide a focused inventory of references that will assist with access to
relevant documents on standardized environmental strategies, techniques, and reporting.
The information available can help to facilitate improved product environmental performance,
foster effective communication using common references and terminology for environmental
information throughout the supply chain, and help identifying future standardization needs
related to environmental aspects.
1 Scope
This document provides a comprehensive range of environment related information sources to
assist with understanding, assessing, and advancing the environmental performance of lighting
products.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
– IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
– ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.2 Abbreviated terms
3.2.1 Abbreviated terms - Technical
CE circular economy
CFP carbon footprint of a product
CRM critical raw material
EEE electrical and electronic equipment
ECD environmentally conscious design
EOL end of life
EPD environmental product declaration
ERP energy related product
EUP energy using product
GPP green public procurement
GWP global warming potential
LCA life cycle assessment
LCI life cycle inventory
LCIA life cycle impact assessment
MD material declaration
ME material efficiency
PCR product category rules
PEP product environmental profile
PSR product specific rules
RSL reference service life
3.2.2 Abbreviated terms - Organisations
ACEA Advisory Committee on Environmental Aspects (An IEC Advisory Group)
BSI British Standards Institution
CEN European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CIBSE Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
ISO International Organization for Standardization
NGO Non-Government Organisation
SDO Standards Development Organisation
3.3 Programme operators
Operator Origin Websites
EPDItaly Italy https://www.epditaly.it/en/il-programma-epditaly/
PEP Ecopassport France http://www.pep-ecopassport.org
Smart EPD North America https://smartepd.com
4 Literature review - Overview
4.1 Visualisation diagram
The Figure 1 diagram is a visual representation to map the scope and content of the publications
in this document. Figure 1 provides an overview visual representation of the environmental
standardization topics.
Figure 1 – Environmental standardization topics
4.2 Organisation
This document includes publications from various types of Standards Development
Organisations (SDOs) and Programme Operator Non-Government Organisations (NGOs).
These are:
– International Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) - International member-
supported organizations which develop and maintain technical standards to meet industry
needs (e.g. IEC, ISO).
– Regional Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) - Geographically-based member-
supported organizations which develop and maintain technical standards to meet industry
needs (e.g. CEN, CENELEC).
– National Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) - Nationally based member-
supported organizations which develop and maintain technical standards to meet industry
needs (e.g. BSI, ANSI).
– Programme Operator Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) - Regionally or nationally
based member-supported organizations which develop and maintain LCA and EPD rules to
meet industry needs (e.g. EPDItaly, PEP Ecopassport, Smart EPD North America).
5 Literature review - Documents and sources
5.1 Literature review overview - General
This document on standards and other documents describes the scope and content of
publications from International Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) relevant regional
SDOs and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). It is intended to provide a focused inventory
of references that will assist with access to relevant documents on standardized environmental
strategies, techniques, and reporting.
Annex A contains IEC Advisory Committee on Environmental Aspects (ACEA) guidance
publications.
Annex B contains examples of environmental product publications from other IEC committees.
The following is a list of the literature reviews identifying the document titles. The content is
presented in Clause 6, Literature review reports.
5.2 IEC Literature reviews
IEC- Terminology
IEC FDIS 60050-193 [1], International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Circular economy
and material efficiency
IEC 62542:2013 [2], Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and
systems
IEC 62430:2019 [3], Environmentally conscious design (ECD) - Principles, requirements and
guidance
IEC TR 63212:2020 [4], Harmonization of environmental performance criteria for electrical and
electronic products - Feasibility study
IEC 63333:2023 [5], General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in
products
IEC 63366:2025 [6], Product category rules for life cycle assessment of electrical and electronic
products and systems
IEC TR 62635:2012 [7], Guidelines for end-of-life information provided by manufacturers and
recyclers and for recyclability rate calculation of electrical and electronic equipment
___________
Under preparation. Stage at time of publication: IEC RFDIS 60050-193:2025.
IEC 62474:2018 [8], Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry
IEC 62474:2018/AMD1:2020 [9]
IEC FDIS 63372:2025 [10], Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG
emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic products and systems
- Principles, methodologies, requirements and guidance
IEC FDIS 63395:2025 [11], Sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic
equipment (e-waste)
5.3 ISO Literature reviews
The following is a list of the literature reviews, identifying the document titles.
ISO- Environmental management
ISO 14040:2006 [12], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and
framework
ISO 14044:2006 [13], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements
and guidelines
ISO 14045:2012 [14], Environmental management — Eco-efficiency assessment of product
systems — Principles, requirements and guidelines
ISO/TR 14047:2012 [15], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Illustrative
examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to impact assessment situations
ISO/TS 14048:2002 [16], Environmental management — Life cycle assesment — Data
documentation format
ISO/TR 14049:2012 [17], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Illustrative
examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to goal and scope definition and inventory analysis
ISO 14071:2024 [18], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Critical review
processes and reviewer competencies
ISO 14072:2024 [19], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements
and guidance for organizational life cycle assessment
ISO/TS 14074:2022 [20], Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles,
requirements and guidelines for normalization, weighting and interpretation
ISO 14020:2022 [21] Environmental statements and programmes for products — Principles and
general requirements
ISO DIS 14021:2025 [22], Environmental labels and programmes for products — Self-declared
environmental claims
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Under preparation. Stage at time of publication: IEC FDIS 63372:2025.
Under preparation. Stage at time of publication: IEC FDIS 63395:2025.
Under preparation. Stage at time of publication: ISO DIS 14021:2025.
ISO DIS 14025:2025 [23], Environmental statements and programmes for products —
Environmental product declarations (EPDs)
ISO 14033:2019 [24], Environmental management — Quantitative environmental information —
Guidelines and examples
ISO 14063:2020 [25], Environmental management — Environmental communication —
Guidelines and examples
ISO- Plastics
ISO 11469:2016 [26], Plastics — Generic identification and marking of plastics products
ISO 17422:2018 [27], Plastics — Environmental aspects — General guidelines for their
inclusion in standards
ISO 22526-1:2020 [28], Plastics — Carbon and environmental footprint of biobased plastics —
Part 1: General principles
ISO 22526-4:2023 [29], Plastics — Carbon and environmental footprint of biobased plastics —
Part 4: Environmental (total) footprint (Life cycle assessment)
ISO- Circular economy
ISO 59004:2024 [30], Circular economy — Vocabulary, principles and guidance for
implementation
ISO 59010:2024 [31], Circular economy — Guidance on the transition of business models and
value networks
ISO 59020:2024 [32], Circular economy — Measuring and assessing circularity performance
ISO/TR 59032:2024 [33], Circular economy — Review of existing value networks
ISO 59040:2025 [34], Circular economy — Product circularity data sheet
ISO 59014:2024 [35], Environmental management and circular economy — Sustainability and
traceability of the recovery of secondary materials — Principles, requirements and guidance
5.4 CEN-CENELEC Literature reviews
JTC 10 Energy-related products - Material efficiency aspects for ecodesign
PD CLC/TR 45550:2020 [36], Definitions related to material efficiency
EN 45552:2020 [37], General method for the assessment of the durability of energy related
products
EN 45553:2020 [38], General method for the assessment of the ability to remanufacture energy-
related products
___________
Under preparation. Stage at time of publication: ISO DIS 14025:2025.
EN 45554:2020 [39], General methods for the assessment of the ability to repair, reuse and
upgrade energy-related products
EN 45555:2019 [40], General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of
energy-related products
EN 45556:2019 [41], General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in
energy-related products
EN 45557:2020 [42], General method for assessing the proportion of recycled material content
in energy-related products
EN 45559:2019 [43], Methods for providing information relating to material efficiency aspects
of energy-related products
5.5 CENELEC Literature reviews
TC 111X Environment
EN 50693:2019 [44], Method for quantitative eco design via life cycle assessment and
environmental declarations through product category rules for EEE
5.6 PEP Ecopassport literature reviews
PEP - PSR-0014 ED 2.0 [45], Specific rules for luminaires
PEP - PSR-0007 ED 2.0 [46], Specific rules for self-contained emergency electrical safety
devices
5.7 EPDItaly literature reviews
EPDItaly007 [47] - Core PCR for Electronic and electrical products and systems
EPDItaly 020 [48] - Sub PCR for electronic and electrical products and systems - Part B Public
lighting equipment
5.8 BSI United Kingdom literature reviews
BS 8887-221:2024 [49], Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end-of-life
processing (MADE). Part 221: Remanufacture of luminaires - Code of Practice
5.9 CIBSE United Kingdom literature reviews
CIBSE TM65.2:2023 [50], Embodied carbon in building services: lighting (2023)
CIBSE TM66:2021 [51], Creating a circular economy in the lighting industry (2021)
5.10 Smart EPD North America literature reviews
Smart EPD Part B - PCR for Luminaires (North America) [52]
6 Literature review - Detailed reports
6.1 General
Templated literature review reports of the standardisation documents that are comprised this
document are given in this Clause 6. The reports are arranged into groups, identified by the
publishing SDO or NGO.
6.2 IEC TC 1 Terminology
IEC FDIS 60050-193 [1], International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 193: Circular
economy and material efficiency
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: IEC FDIS 60050-193 [1] - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) Part 193: Circular economy

and material efficiency
Type: International Standard (IS)

Publication Number: N/A
Edition Number: 1.0
Amendment Number: N/A
Date Published: FDIS Stage (IEC TC 1 − 1/2666/RVC)

Number of Pages: 47
Text Language(s): English, French, Russian.

The terms and definitions are provided in French and English. In addition, the terms only are given in
Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Dutch, Norwegian Polish,
Portuguese, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish and Chinese.
2 Product/Service Scope
Terms and definitions for electrical and electronic products, systems, and services relating to circular

economy and material efficiency.
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Terminology
IEC 60050, Part 193 gives the general terminology used for the subject area of circular economy and
material efficiency.
This document has the status of a horizontal publication in accordance with IEC Guide 108, Guidelines for
ensuring the coherence of IEC publications - Horizontal functions, horizontal publications and their
application.
4 Summary Information
The IEV (IEC 60050, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary) is a general purpose multilingual

vocabulary covering the field of electrotechnology, electronics and telecommunication.
The terms and definitions in the entries are given in two or more of the three IEC languages, (French,
English and Russian). In each entry, the terms alone are also given in several of the additional IEV
languages.
Organization of a terminological entry:
Each of the terminological entries corresponds to a concept, and comprises:
___________
Under preparation. Stage at time of publication: IEC FDIS 60050-193:2025
– the IEV number
– the term (accompanied by synonyms and abbreviations)
– the definition of the concept
– the source (if applicable)
– the terms, in the additional IEV languages (if applicable)
The preferred term is the term that heads a terminological entry in each language and can be followed by
synonyms. Each term can be followed by attributes giving additional information. In some cases, an IEV
concept is taken from another IEV part or from another authoritative terminology publication, either with or
without modification.
Overview of sections and terminological topics:
– 193-01 - general terms relating to circular economy and material efficiency
– 193-02 - general terms relating to product, process and organization
– 193-03 - terms relating to resource types
– 193-04 - terms relating to recycling
– 193-05 - terms relating to product durability
– 193-06 - terms relating to product life extension
5 Other Information
N/A
6.3 IEC TC 111 - Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products
and systems
IEC 62430:2019 [3], Environmentally conscious design (ECD) - Principles, requirements and
guidance
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: Environmentally conscious design (ECD) - Principles, requirements and guidance

Type: International Standard (IS)

Publication Number: IEC 62430
Edition Number: 2.0
Amendment Number: N/A
Date Published: 2019
Number of Pages: 62
Text Language(s): English
2 Product/Service Scope
Electrical products and systems (EEPS)

ECD (environmentally conscious design)
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Environmentally conscious design

Principles, requirements and guidance for design and development to minimize the adverse
environmental impacts of products

4 Summary Information
IEC 62430 [53] describes principles, specifies requirements and provides guidance for organizations

intending to integrate environmental aspects into the design and development to minimize the adverse
environmental impacts of their products.
IEC 62430 [53] applies to processes on how ECD (environmentally conscious design) are integrated into
the design and development.
IEC 62430 [53] applies to any organization, regardless of its size, type or sector. This document does not
provide requirements for assessing the conformity of individual products.
IEC 62430 [53] is primarily intended for use by technical committees in the preparation of standards in
accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 108.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of horizontal
standards in the preparation of its publications.
The contents of this horizontal standard will not apply unless specifically referred to or included in the
relevant publications.
5 Other Information
N/A
IEC TR 63212:2020 [4], Harmonization of environmental performance criteria for electrical and
electronic products - Feasibility study
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: Harmonization of environmental performance criteria for electrical and electronic products -

Feasibility study
Type: Technical Report (TR)
Publication Number: IEC TR 63212

Edition Number: 1.0
Amendment Number: N/A
Date Published: 2020
Number of Pages: 34
Text Language(s): English
2 Product/Service Scope
Electrical and electronic products and systems (EEPS)

Electrotechnical industry
Harmonization of environmental performance criteria
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Environmentally conscious design

Harmonization of environmental performance
Feasibility and potential benefit

4 Summary Information
IEC TR 63212:2020 [4] provides a feasibility assessment to determine if harmonization of environmental

performance criteria is possible and would benefit the electrotechnical industry.
IEC TR 63212:2020 [4] is a feasibility study report rather than an International Standard. It reports the
possibility/opportunity to harmonize environmental performance criteria and the feasibility for future
development of an International Standard on environmental performance criteria.
The learnings and recommendations of this document are based on the review of prominent ecolabel
standards available worldwide as well as outreach discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
To enable users of this document to visualize and better evaluate what such a future standard could look
like, a concept for an international standard on harmonized criteria for environmental performance
assessment of electrotechnical products has been proposed.
It is not intended as a final proposal but rather a vision of how such a standard would be structured and
how it could be implemented to meet the specific requirements that were identified in the study.
It is important to emphasize that the potential IEC standard on environmental performance criteria is not
intended as an ecolabel standard, but it is intended to be a means for harmonization of the criteria
(including the verification requirements of them) that are needed for creating such an ecolabel standard.
5 Other Information
N/A
IEC 63333:2023 [5], General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in
products
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in products.

Type: International Standard (IS)

Publication Number: IEC 63333
Edition Number: 1.0
Amendment Number: N/A
Date Published: 2023
Number of Pages: 19
Text Language(s): English
2 Product/Service Scope
Electrical and electronic products and systems (EEPS)

Assessment of the proportion of reused components in products
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Material efficiency
Assessment of the proportion of reused components
4 Summary Information
IEC 63333 [54] deals with the assessment of the proportion of reused components in products on a

horizontal level, which can be applied at any point in the life of the product.
IEC 63333 [54] applies to electrical and electronic products. It can also be applied to other product types.
IEC 63333 [54] is intended to be used in the assessment of the proportion of reused components in
products. It can also be used by technical committees when developing assessment methods dedicated
to their product or product-group publications.
Aspects like performance, validation, verification and suitability of reused components are not in the
scope of IEC 63333 [54]. It is the responsibility of the user of this document to address these aspects.
This document has the status of a horizontal publication in accordance with IEC Guide 108.
5 Other Information
N/A
IEC 63366:2025 [6], Product category rules for life cycle assessment of electrical and electronic
products and systems
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: Product category rules for life cycle assessment of electrical and electronic products and systems

Type: International Standards (IS)

Publication Number: IEC 63366
Edition Number: 1.0
Amendment Number: N/A
Date Published: 2025
Number of Pages: 105
Text Language(s): English
2 Product/Service Scope
Electrical and electronic products and systems (EEPS)

Product category rules
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Life cycle assessment
Defines product category rules
4 Summary Information
IEC 63366 [55] defines product category rules (PCR) for electronic and electrical products and systems

(EEPS). It specifies the process and requirements on how to conduct life cycle assessment (LCA) in the
context of environmental declarations.
PCR are complemented by additional product-specific rules (PSR), which further define e.g. functional
units and default scenarios in the product-specific context. Therefore, it also provides guidance on how
to develop PSR in corresponding technical committees.
IEC 63366 [55] provides common rules for:
a) LCA, including the requirements for developing default scenarios
b) The LCA report
c) The development of PSRs
IEC 63366 [55] provides further guidelines for environmental declarations.
The LCA principles and framework are based on the ISO 14040 [56] series of standards (i.e., ISO 14040
[57] and ISO 14044 [58]), and therefore out of scope of this document.
In accordance with IEC GUIDE 108 [59], this generic essential horizontal standard is intended for use by
product committees as a starting point in preparing PSR standards. Specific requirements developed by
product committees in PSR standard take precedence over requirements in this standard.
When there is no PSR available in a product committee, this generic essential horizontal standard could
be applied by LCA practitioners with recorded complementary specifications.
5 Other Information
N/A
IEC TR 62635:2012 [7], Guidelines for end-of-life information provided by manufacturers and
recyclers and for recyclability rate calculation of electrical and electronic equipment
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: Guidelines for end-of-life information provided by manufacturers and recyclers and for recyclability

rate calculation of electrical and electronic equipment
Type: Technical Report (TR)
Publication Number: IEC TR 62635

Edition Number: 1.0
Amendment Number: N/A
Date Published: 2012
Number of Pages: 32
Text Language(s): English, French

2 Product/Service Scope
Environmental impact assessment

Electronic components in general
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Information and declarations

Methodology for information exchange for EEE manufacturers and recyclers
Methodology for calculating the recyclability and recoverability rates
4 Summary Information
IEC TR 62635:2012 [7] is a technical report, which provides a methodology for information exchange

involving EEE manufacturers and recyclers, and for calculating the recyclability and recoverability rates.
The purpose is to:
– provide information to recyclers to enable appropriate and optimized EOL treatment operations;
– provide sufficient information to characterize activities at EOL treatment facilities to enable
manufacturers to implement effective ECD;
– evaluate the recyclability and recoverability rates based on product attributes and reflecting real end
of life practices.
– Furthermore this technical report includes:
– criteria to describe EOL treatment scenarios;
– criteria to determine product parts that might require removal before material separation and related
information to be provided by manufacturers;
– a format for information describing EOL scenarios and the results of EOL treatment activities;
– a method for calculating the recyclability and recoverability rate of EEE. The calculation is limited to
EOL treatment and does not cover collection. The recyclability rate is expressed as a percentage of
the mass of the product that can be recycled or reused, whereas the recoverability rate in addition
includes a portion derived from energy recovery.
5 Other Information
N/A
IEC 62474:2018 [8], Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry
1 Publication Bibliographic Data
Publishing Organisation: IEC
Title: Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry

Type: International Standard (IS)

Publication Number: IEC 62474
Edition Number: 2.1
Amendment Number: IEC 62474:2018+AMD1:2020 CSV Consolidated version

Date Published: 2020
Number of Pages: 154
Text Language(s): English, French

2 Product/Service Scope
Products and accessories for electrotechnical industry

Procedure, content, and form
Material declarations
3 Environmental Aspect Scope
Topic: Information and declarations

Provides data up and down the supply chain:
– to assess products against substance compliance requirements;
– with information for environmentally conscious design process;
– for all product life cycle phases;
– to specify mandatory declaration requirements;
– to provide optional declaration requirements.
4 Summary Information
IEC 62474 [60] benefits the electrotechnical industry by establishing requirements for reporting of

material declaration data, standardizing protocols, and facilitating the transfer and processing of data.
Material declarations are used by the electrotechnical industry to track and declare specific product
information used for compliance or for environmentally conscious design (ECD) considerations. To
simplify requirements across the supply chain and to improve economic efficiencies, it is important to
standardize the exchange of product, product part, material and substance data, and provide
requirements within material declarations.
IEC 62474 [60] is made of two parts: the document, which contains requirements for material
declarations, and a database containing information such as a declarable substance list (DSL),
exemption list and data exchange format.
IEC 62474 [60] defines the two most common types of material declarations and their requirements:
d) Declaration for compliance - is always at a product level in reference to the list of declarable
substances and declarable substance groups within the declarable substance list (DSL).
e) Composition declaration - is the much more detailed product part level reporting down to individual
substances contained within the DSL.
IEC 62474 [60] contains the IEC 62474 [60] data exchange format and IEC 62474 [60] lists, including the
declarable substance list (DSL), material class list (MCL) and exemption list. IEC 62474 allows other lists
to be used with the IEC 62474 [60] data exchange format.
5 Other Information
Figure 1 - IEC 62474 [60] principles

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