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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 62474:2019
01-april-2019
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SIST EN 62474:2012
Deklaracija materialov za izdelke elektronske industrije
Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry
Materialdeklaration für Produkte der elektrotechnischen Industrie und für die
elektrotechnische Industrie
Déclaration de matière pour des produits de et pour l'industrie électrotechnique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62474:2019
ICS:
01.110 7HKQLþQDGRNXPHQWDFLMD]D Technical product
L]GHONH documentation
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
31.020 Elektronske komponente na Electronic components in
splošno general
SIST EN 62474:2019 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62474

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2019
ICS 01.110; 13.020; 29.100; 31.020 Supersedes EN 62474:2012
English Version
Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical
industry
(IEC 62474:2018)
Déclaration de matières pour des produits de et pour Materialdeklaration für Produkte der elektrotechnischen
l'industrie électrotechnique Industrie und für die elektrotechnische Industrie
(IEC 62474:2018) (IEC 62474:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-01-04. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
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Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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European foreword
The text of document 111/498/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 62474, prepared by IEC/TC 111
"Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems" was submitted to
the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 62474:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2019-10-04
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-01-04
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 62474:2012.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62474:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 63000:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 63000:2018 (not modified)
IEC 82045-1:2001 NOTE Harmonized as EN 82045-1:2001 (not modified)
IEC 82045-2:2004 NOTE Harmonized as EN 82045-2:2005 (not modified)
ISO 1043-1:2011 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 1043-1:2011 (not modified)
ISO 1043-2:2011 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 1043-2:2011 (not modified)
ISO 1043-3:2016 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 1043-3:2016 (not modified)
ISO 1043-4:1998 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 1043-4:1999 (not modified)
ISO 9000:2015 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9000:2015 (not modified)
ISO 14020:2000 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14020:2001 (not modified)
ISO 14024:2018 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14024:2018 (not modified)
ISO 14025:2006 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14025:2010 (not modified)
ISO 14040:2006 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14040:2006 (not modified)
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 61360-1 -  Standard data element types with associated EN 61360-1 2017
classification scheme - Part 1: Definitions -
Principles and methods
IEC 61360-2 -  Standard data element types with associated EN 61360-2 2013
classification scheme for electric components - Part
2: EXPRESS dictionary schema
ISO/IEC -  Procedures specific to IEC - -
directives
Supplement
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IEC 62474 ®
Edition 2.0 2018-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
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Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry

Déclaration de matières pour des produits de et pour l’industrie

électrotechnique
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 01.110; 13.020.01; 29.100 ISBN 978-2-8322-6287-0

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Requirements for material declarations . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.1.1 Overview . 12
4.1.2 Conformity to the IEC 62474 standard . 15
4.1.3 General requirements . 16
4.2 Business information . 16
4.3 Product information . 16
4.4 Declaration for compliance requirements . 16
4.4.1 General information . 16
4.4.2 DSs and DSGs with mandatory reporting requirements . 16
4.4.3 DSs and DSGs with optional reporting requirements . 18
4.5 Composition declaration requirements . 18
4.5.1 General requirements . 18
4.5.2 Product parts . 18
4.5.3 Materials . 19
4.5.4 DSs and DSG substance(s) with mandatory reporting requirements . 20
4.5.5 DSs and DSG substance(s) with optional reporting requirements . 21
4.5.6 Other substance(s) . 21
4.6 Material class declaration . 21
4.7 Other information . 22
4.7.1 Query lists . 22
4.7.2 Attachments . 22
4.7.3 Requester/responder mode . 22
4.7.4 Distribution mode. 22
5 Criteria and thresholds for DSs, DSGs and material classes in the IEC 62474
database . 22
5.1 General . 22
5.2 DSs and DSGs criteria . 22
5.3 Material class criteria . 23
5.4 Reporting threshold levels and reportable applications for DSs and DSGs . 24
5.5 Threshold levels for material classes . 24
5.6 Reference substances in the IEC 62474 database . 24
6 Criteria for exemption lists in the IEC 62474 database . 24
7 IEC 62474 database data format and exchange . 24
7.1 General . 24
7.2 Data exchange format . 25
7.3 Data exchange . 25
7.3.1 Two-way and one-way data exchange . 25
7.3.2 Data exchange specification in the IEC 62474 database . 25
7.3.3 Additional data exchange requirements . 26
7.3.4 XML file . 26

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7.4 Criteria for the IEC 62474 database maintenance of data exchange format . 26
8 IEC 62474 database maintenance . 26
8.1 General . 26
8.2 IEC 62474 database update process . 26
8.3 Reclassification and removal of DSs and DSGs from the IEC 62474 DSL. 27
8.4 Maintenance of exemption lists in the IEC 62474 database . 27
8.5 Maintenance of data exchange format . 28
Annex A (informative) Simplified representation of data exchange format . 29
Bibliography . 35

Figure 1 – IEC 62474 principles . 7
Figure 2 – Material declaration capabilities . 13
Figure 3 – Material declaration structure . 14
Figure 4 – Data model for a declaration for compliance . 14
Figure 5 – Data model for a composition declaration . 15

Table 1 – DSs and DSGs criteria . 23
Table A.1 – Data element types of a material declaration . 30

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MATERIAL DECLARATION FOR PRODUCTS OF
AND FOR THE ELECTROTECHNICAL INDUSTRY

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC
Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-
governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in accordance with conditions determined by
agreement between the two organizations.
2) The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express, as nearly as possible, an international
consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all
interested IEC National Committees.
3) IEC Publications have the form of recommendations for international use and are accepted by IEC National
Committees in that sense. While all reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the technical content of IEC
Publications is accurate, IEC cannot be held responsible for the way in which they are used or for any
misinterpretation by any end user.
4) In order to promote international uniformity, IEC National Committees undertake to apply IEC Publications
transparently to the maximum extent possible in their national and regional publications. Any divergence
between any IEC Publication and the corresponding national or regional publication shall be clearly indicated in
the latter.
5) IEC itself does not provide any attestation of conformity. Independent certification bodies provide conformity
assessment services and, in some areas, access to IEC marks of conformity. IEC is not responsible for any
services carried out by independent certification bodies.
6) All users should ensure that they have the latest edition of this publication.
7) No liability shall attach to IEC or its directors, employees, servants or agents including individual experts and
members of its technical committees and IEC National Committees for any personal injury, property damage or
other damage of any nature whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, or for costs (including legal fees) and
expenses arising out of the publication, use of, or reliance upon, this IEC Publication or any other IEC
Publications.
8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 62474 has been prepared by IEC Technical Committee 111:
Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) The material classes and exemption lists capabilities have been improved.
b) The introduction and scope have new diagrams and information to give a better overview
of the standard and identify what information is mandatory, optional or conditionally
mandatory.
c) Definitions have been added. Minimum requirements to be in conformance with the
IEC 62474 standard are defined, including XML format as the officially accepted format.
By defining an authority, list identity and list version, the standard format could be used
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d) Terms have been aligned for consistency throughout the document. For example, the
“IEC 62474 database” was previously referred to as “IEC 62474 database”, “IEC 62474”,
“IEC 62474 Database”, “IEC 62474 DB”.
e) The annexes have been removed as they are now contained within documents managed
by the validation team 62474 (VT 62474). Annex A (Annex B in the previous edition) is
provided for non-XML users as a reference only.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
111/498/FDIS 111/503/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 62474 series, published under the general title Material
declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry, can be found on the IEC
website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct
understanding of its contents. Users should therefore print this document using a
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INTRODUCTION
This document 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 and/or 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 is made of two parts: this 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 (see Clause 8).
This document defines the two most common types of material declarations and their
requirements:
1) Declaration for compliance – is always at a product level in reference to the list of
declarable substances and declarable substance groups within the IEC 62474 declarable
substance list (DSL).
2) Composition declaration – is the much more detailed product part level reporting down to
individual substances contained within the IEC 62474 DSL.
The IEC 62474 database is maintained by the validation team (VT 62474) which updates
information in the IEC 62474 database based on requirements specified in the IEC 62474
standard (see Clause 8).
By fulfilling the requirements of the IEC 62474 standard and based on the information from
the IEC 62474 database, two types of declaration can be created as shown in Figure 1 below.
• a declaration for compliance which is the information required to determine product
compliance with substance regulations and market needs (see 4.4);
• a composition declaration that is the information required to assess where declarable
substances above threshold are contained in the product (see 4.5).
The transmission of information in the supply chain can be done in two modes:
• Distribution mode: The supplier provides material declaration data about their product(s)
to a recipient.
• Requester/responder mode: The requester determines the type of material declaration(s)
the responder will provide.
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Figure 1 – IEC 62474 principles
The IEC 62474 principles are determined in the following clauses:
• Clause 4 specifies requirements for material declarations.
• Clause 5 specifies the criteria and thresholds for declarable substances (DSs), declarable
substance groups (DSGs) and material classes in the IEC 62474 database.
• Clause 6 specifies the criteria for exemption lists in the IEC 62474 database.
• Clause 7 specifies the IEC 62474 database data format and exchange requirements with
further information in Annex A (informative).
• Clause 8 specifies the IEC 62474 database maintenance process.

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1 Scope
This document specifies the procedure, content, and form relating to material declarations for
products and accessories of organizations operating in and supplying to the electrotechnical
industry. Process chemicals, emissions during product use and product packaging material
are not in the scope of this document.
The main intended use of this document is to provide data up and down the supply chain that:
• allows organizations to assess products against substance compliance requirements,
• allows organizations to use this information in their environmentally conscious design
process and across all product life cycle phases.
This document specifies mandatory declaration requirements and also provides optional
declaration requirements.
This document does not suggest any specific method or process to capture material
declaration data in the supply chain. However, it provides a data format used to transfer
information within the supply chain. Organizations have the flexibility to determine the most
appropriate method to capture material declaration data without compromising data utility and
quality. This document is intended to allow reporting based on engineering judgement,
supplier material declarations, and/or sampling and testing.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
IEC 61360-1, Standard data element types with associated classification scheme – Part 1:
Definitions – Principles and methods
IEC 61360-2, Standard data element types with associated classification scheme for electric
components – Part 2: EXPRESS dictionary schema
ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, Procedures specific to IEC
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp

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3.1
article
object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design which determines
its function to a greater degree than does its chemical composition
[SOURCE: EU REACH Regulation (EC) No.1907/2006, Article 3]
3.2
composition declaration
quantitative declaration of substances contained within a product, product part, or material as
applicable
3.3
data exchange format
data elements and attributes specified in an XML schema and developer’s table to support a
material declaration exchange
3.4
declaration for compliance
declaration regarding the presence or absence of declarable substances and declarable
substance groups with mandatory reporting requirements in the IEC 62474 declarable
substance list relative to a reporting threshold level for a defined reportable application
3.5
declarable substance
DS
substance that meets specified criteria for reporting
Note 1 to entry: Criteria for declarable substances within the IEC 62474 DSL are specified in Clause 5.
Note 2 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.
3.6
declarable substance group
DSG
substance group that meets specified criteria for reporting
EXAMPLE Chromium (VI) compounds.
Note 1 to entry: Criteria for declarable substance groups within the IEC 62474 DSL are specified in Clause 5.
Note 2 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.
3.7
declarable substance group substance(s)
DSG substance(s)
substance(s) that belongs to a declarable substance group
3.8
declarable substance list
DSL
list of declarable substances and/or declarable substance groups each with a reporting
threshold for a reportable application(s) which has a mandatory or optional reporting
requirement when contained at or above its maximum threshold value within a product,
product part or material
Note 1 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.

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declaration hierarchy
tree-like structure containing one or more branches that represents the relationship between
product, product part(s), material(s) and/or substance(s) within a material declaration
Note 1 to entry: Figure 5 demonstrates a declaration hierarchy with a single branch
3.10
exemption
allowance for the use of regulated declarable substances or declarable substance groups
above their threshold(s) as defined in laws or regulations
3.11
list authority
designated owner of a list
Note 1 to entry: The list authority is used in conjunction with the list identity and list version.
3.12
list entry identity
parameter used to identify a specific entry within a defined list
Note 1 to entry: The IEC 62474 DSL entry identity would be used to identify a specific declarable substance or
declarable substance group within its list.
3.13
list identity
parameter used to identify a specific list
Note 1 to entry: The list identity is used in conjunction with the list authority and list version.
3.14
list version
parameter used to identify a specific version of a list
Note 1 to entry: The list version is used in conjunction with the list authority and list identity.
3.15
material
substance or mixture of substances within a product or product part
3.16
material class
defined classification of materials that are established in the referenced IEC 62474 database
for purposes of inventorying aspects of a product, such that no two classes contain the same
materials
Note 1 to entry: If a material falls under multiple material classes, such as copper zinc alloy which can fall under
copper and its alloys or zinc and its alloys, the substance with the largest mass within the material should take
precedence.
3.17
material declaration
declaration of certain substances and/or substance groups contained within a product,
product part, or material as applicable
Note 1 to entry: The declaration might be a composition declaration, where the amount of the declared substance
or substance group is provided or it might be a declaration for compliance, where only the presence or absence of
the declared substance or substance group is provided.

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3.18
mixture
composite or solution composed of two or more substances in which they do not react
Note 1 to entry: An alloy is treated as a mixture.
3.19
product
any goods or service
Note 1 to entry: This general definition of product is, in the context of this document, limited to any product of the
product category “hardware” according to ISO 9000:2015, 3.7.6 of and for the electrotechnical and electronic
industry (E&E).
Note 2 to entry: This general definition of product(s) used in Clause 4 specifies any goods or service of the
responder.
3.20
product family
group of products each of which contains the same substances or material at a similar
concentration level
Note 1 to entry: A common case would be an electrical component supplier having many products of the same
substance content that have different electrical values, such as a capacitor, resistor, inductor or an integrated
circuit.
3.21
product part
sub-unit of a product
Note 1 to entry: A product part can be a sub-unit of another product part.
Note 2 to entry: If a standard product part e.g. a cable of 1 m length is declared as product part, only portions of it
might be physically present in the product.
3.22
reference substance
individual substance entry within the reference substance list
3.23
reference substance list
RSL
list of substances belonging to declarable substance groups in the declarable substance list
Note 1 to entry: The list of substances in the RSL for a DSG may or may not be a complete or exhaustive list.
Note 2 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.
3.24
reportable application
intended use of a declarable substance or declarable substance group which determines its
relevance for disclosure
Note 1 to entry: The use of reportable applications may be applicable to declarable substances, declarable
substance groups, product parts and materials. Examples of product parts and materials are batteries, textiles and
wood.
Note 2 to entry: As legislations have different scopes for some declarable substances, declarable substance
groups, product parts or materials, more than one reportable applications are provided in the IEC 62474 database.
This information supports the downstream manufacturer in the assessment against declarable substance
compliance requirements.
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reporting threshold level
concentration limit at or above which the presence of a declarable substance in a material,
product part or product is declared
3.26
requester
organization or individual that requests a material declaration
Note 1 to entry: The requester is sometimes referred to as the manufacturer.
3.27
responder
organization or individual that provides a material declaration
Note 1 to entry: The responder is sometimes referred to as the supplier.
3.28
substance
chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state or obtained by any production
process, including any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the product and any
impurities deriving from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated
without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition
[SOURCE: Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling (GHS):2017,
Chapter 1.2, Definitions and Abbreviations]
3.29
substance group
two or more substances, that share at least one chemical sub-structure, or chemical or
physical property under a generic name
3.30
validation team 62474
VT 62474
validation team for maintenance of the IEC 62474 database
Note 1 to entry: The validation team (VT 62474) is a permanent, “executive” group of experts appointed by and
acting as delegates on behalf of their National Committees to validate proposed items and vote for their release as
part of a database standard.
Note 2 to entry: See ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement.
Note 3 to entry: This note applies to the French language only.
4 Requirements for material declarations
4.1 General
4.1.1 Overview
Clause 4 describes the requirements for material declarations as specified in 4.1 through 4.7.
Figure 2 below shows the concept of material declaration capabilities. Some subclauses, such
as business information, are required while other subclauses, such as material classes, are
optional. The material declaration shall include a declaration for compliance (4.4) or a
composition declaration (4.5). It may also include both.

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Figure 2 – Material declaration capabilities
• Material declaration: specifies the basic rules for a material declaration (4.1).
• Business information: specifies the business information, such as company name and
contact information (4.2).
• Product information: specifies the product and its attributes associated with the material
declaration (4.3).
• Declaration for compliance: specifies the information required to assess product
compliance (4.4).
• Composition declaration: specifies the information about substances, materials, and/or
product parts contained in the product (4.5).
• Material class declaration: specifies the information required for an optional material class
declaration (4.6).
• Query list: specifies a list of statements with true/false responses (4.7.1).
• Attachments: specifies the capability to include supporting documents within a material
declaration (4.7.2).
Figure 3 summarizes what elements are mandatory, optional, or conditional in a declaration
for compliance and a composition declaration.

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Figure 3 – Material declaration structure
The conceptual diagrams (see Figure 4 and Figure 5) are high level views of the declaration
for compliance (Figure 4) and composition declaration models (Figure 5). In both figures,
required information is shown with solid boxes and arrows. Optional information is shown
within dotted boxes.
Figure 4 – Data model for a declaration for compliance
A declaration for compliance provides data at the product level. Product, DSs and DSGs with
mandatory reporting requirements in the IEC 62474 DSL are mandatory objects in the
declaration for compliance (see 4.4 and Figure 4).

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Figure 5 – Data model for a composition declaration
A composition declaration provides substance data at a material and/or product part and/or
product level. This data can also be used to verify compliance of a product.
For simplicity, not all of the mandatory requirements are displayed in the diagrams (e.g. mass
or mass percent information or mandatory declaration of certain product parts or materials in
the composition declaration when the reporting threshold level refers to such product parts or
materials and the reporting threshold level is exceeded) (see 4.5 for details).
The developer’s table within the IEC 62474 database contains a full description of mandatory
and optional requirements. Annex A provides an informative reference for mandatory and
optional information. However, if there is a discrepancy between the IEC 62474 database and
Annex A, the IEC 62474 database shall take precedence.
4.1.2 Conformity to the IEC 62474 standard
For a material declaration to conform to the IEC 62474 standard, it shall utilize the IEC 62474
database consisting of the DSL, material class list and the data exchange format and meet
the requirements specified in this document. The material declaration shall specify the
declarable substance list authority as “IEC62474” and the list identity and list version as
specified within the IEC 62474 database.
This document enables the declaration against other lists. If a list contains, at minimum, the
IEC 62474 DSL, utilizes the IEC 62474 data exchange format, and meets the requirements
specified in the standard, it is in conformity with the standard. If other lists are used, they
shall contain a list authority, list identity and list version and should be based on industry
standard requirements. If a list does not contain at minimum the IEC 62474 DSL, it is not in
conformity with this document.

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4.1.3 General requirements
a) In the case where the requester requests more than the mandatory requirements of a
material declaration as specified in this document and the IEC 62474 database, the
contracting parties should agree to details, such as safeguards protecting supplier trade
secrets at the request of the supplier.
b) The International System of Units (SI) shall be used.
4.2 Business information
Business information shall include company information, contact information and date, as well
as other data specified in the data exchange format in the IEC 62474 database. The transfer
of material declaration information uses either the distribution mode, where only the
responder’s business information shall be provided or the requester/responder mode, where
both the requester’s and the responder’s business information shall be provided.
4.3 Product information
The following requirements shall apply to products:
a) A declaration for compliance or a composition declaration shall be provided for a product
or product family.
NOTE 1 Only the supplier is likely to know the appropriate product family groupings for material declaration
purposes based on their technical knowledge of product material content.
b) The product shall have an identification and a mass assigned. In the case of a product
family, the identification and mass of each product within the product family shall be
specified.
NOTE 2 When each product in the product family has the same mass, it is sufficient to provide this mass just
once.
c) If a product contains a DS or DSG substance(s) that:
– has a reporting threshold level based on ‘article’,
– is present at or above the reporting threshold level for a reportable application, and
– is within the declaration of the product,
then the product shall be identified as an article.
4.4 Declaration for compliance requirements
4.4.1 General information
A declaration for compliance provides information about the presence or absence of DSs and
DSGs as listed in the DSL for a product. Each DS and DSG entry within the DSL requires a
positive (“true”) or negative (“false”) response. This information allows the requester to assess
their product compliance with substance regulations and market needs at a product level.
4.4.2 DSs and DSGs with mandatory reporting requirements
DSs or DSGs with a mandatory reporting requirement in the IEC 62474 DSL shall be reported.
When reporting DSs or DSGs with a mandatory reporting requirement, the following
requirements apply:
a) The DSs and DSGs listed in the IEC 62474 DSL shall be assigned to the product.
b) Each such DS and DSG shall be named as given in the IEC 62474 DSL and shall include
the reportable application and the reporting threshold level. The DSL entry identity
associated with the DS or DSG entry in the DSL should be declared. Other identity(s)
such as the CAS Registry Number may also be declared.
c) A declaration on the presence of DSs and DSGs at or above the reporting threshold level
for an applicable reportable application provided in the IEC 62474 DSL shall have a
positive (“true”) response for all such DSs or DSGs.

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d) A declaration on the absence of DSs and DSGs shall have a negative (“false”) response
for DSs or DSGs provided in the IEC 62474 DSL that are:
– not present, or
– present below the reporting threshold level for an applicable reportable application, or
– present and the reportable application is not applicable.
e) The presence of DSs or DSGs shall be quantified if they are present in the product at or
above the reporting threshold level for an applicable reportable application given in the
IEC 62474 DSL.
– The mass percent of each DS or DSG within the product shall be provided.
– The mass percent shall be calculated based on the reporting threshold relative to the
reporting threshold level (e.g. product part or material) as specified in mass
information requirements in the IEC 62474 DSL.
• If such DSs or DSGs have reporting threshold levels specified in the IEC 62474
DSL referring to the product part, the declaration of the DS or DSG shall include
the mass percent of the product part.
• If DSs or DSGs have reporting threshold levels specified in the IEC 62474 DSL that
refer to the material, the declaration of the DS or DSG shall include the material
mass percent. The material mass percent is the percentage of the DS or DSG in
the material.
• If the mass percent of a DS and/or DSG can occur within a range of values, then
the maximum (worst case) value shall be declared.
NOTE 1 If the mass percent of a declarable substance can range from 1,1 % to 1,2 %, then a value
of 1,2 % is declared.
NOTE 2 The IEC 62474 DSL lists some DSs and DSGs that require reporting as percentage of the
material mass.
NOTE 3 The reporting requirement as percentage of the material mass can differ, e.g. the numerator
for this percentage can be the sum of the masses of all DSs belonging to this DSG present or just the
mass of a specific element. Details are given in the IEC 62474 DSL.
– If the DSs or DSGs have a mass reporting requirement specified in the mass
information requirements field of the IEC 62474 DSL,
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