IEC TR 62474-1:2015

Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry - Part 1: Guidance for the implementation of IEC 62474

IEC 62474-1:2015(E) specifies the procedure, content, and form relating to material declarations for products of companies operating in and supplying the electrotechnical industry. It illustrates the flexibility and functionality of IEC 62474 using examples, supports organizations that create software to exchange substance and material data, supports users that submit and receive material declarations and is designed to support consistent implementation of IEC 62474. Clause 3 summarizes industry needs for material information and business benefits related to IEC 62474. Clause 4 provides case studies that describe the functionality of IEC 62474. Clause 5 provides detailed representations and XML files for the material declaration case studies included in Clause 4.

General Information

• Status: Replaced
• Publication Date: 10-Dec-2015
• ICS: 01.110 - Technical product documentation
• ICS: 13.020.01 - Environment and environmental protection in general
• ICS: 29.060.10 - Wires
• ICS: 29.100.01 - Components for electrical equipment in general
• Technical Committee: TC 111 - Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems
• Drafting Committee: WG 1 - TC 111/WG 1
• Current Stage: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 16-Nov-2022

Relations

• Revised: IEC TS 62474-1:2022 - Material declaration for products of and for the electrotechnical industry - Part 1: Guidance on the implementation of IEC 62474
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Industry needs and business benefits . 7
3.1 Industry needs . 7
3.2 Business benefits . 8
4 Material declaration approach and flexibility of IEC 62474 . 9
4.1 Material declaration approach . 9
4.1.1 General . 9
4.1.2 Guidance on use of conditional fields in the developers table . 10
4.1.3 Guidance on use of mass and mass percent fields . 11
4.1.4 Calculating mass percent. 11
4.1.5 Interpretation of reporting threshold for declarable substances and
declarable substance groups . 12
4.1.6 Guidance on declaring a substance that belongs to two different
substance groups . 12
4.2 Flexibility of IEC 62474 . 13
4.2.1 Overview of material declaration features . 13
4.2.2 Flexibility of declaring substances and substance groups at different
levels within the declaration . 13
4.2.3 Declarable substances in a material declaration . 13
4.2.4 Additional guidance on declaration of material classes . 14
4.2.5 Absence declaration . 15
4.2.6 Material names . 15
4.2.7 Use of the query list features . 16
4.2.8 Declaring exemptions . 16
4.2.9 Using the reportingThreshold, aboveThresholdLevel and the
reportableApplication fields. 18
4.2.10 How to declare a product that does not have a fixed mass . 19
5 Material declaration examples . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Example 1 – An electronic component . 19
5.2.1 General . 19
5.2.2 Material declaration reporting “base data requirements” . 21
5.2.3 Material declaration reporting base data requirements with optional
additional data fields to provide information on material and exemption
information for RoHS substances . 22
5.2.4 Material declaration reporting additional information for 100 percent of
the product composition . 25
5.2.5 Material declaration reporting additional information with one
undeclared substance . 31
5.3 Example 2 – A product family of capacitors . 38
5.3.1 General . 38
5.3.2 Reporting material declaration according to“base data requirements” . 38
5.3.3 Material declaration reporting additional information for 100 percent of
the product composition . 41
5.4 Example 3 – An assembly consisting of a circuit board and a battery . 44
5.4.1 General . 44

5.4.2 Material declaration reporting “base data requirements” . 45
5.4.3 Material declaration reporting “Additional requirements” for 100 percent
of the product composition . 47
5.5 Example 4 – A product containing a substance which falls under both
REACH Annex XVII and REACH candidate list of substances of very high
concern (SVHC) . 53
5.5.1 General . 53
5.5.2 Material declaration reporting based on “base data requirements” with
optional additional data fields . 55
5.6 Example 5 – Material declaration reporting additional information declaring
based on query lists and for product parts. 57
5.6.1 General . 57
5.7 Example 6 – Thresholds referring to metals . 63
5.7.1 General . 63
5.7.2 Material declaration reporting “base data requirements” . 64
5.7.3 Material declaration reporting additional information declaring reference
substances for a declarable substance group . 66
Annex A (informative) Guidance to declare substances of unknown or variable
composition, complex reaction products and biological materials (UVCBs) . 68
Bibliography . 72

Figure 1 – Conceptual diagram for base requirements . 9
Figure 2 – Conceptual diagram for additional requirements . 10
Figure 3 – Base data requirements – XML . 22
Figure 4 – Additional information – XML for 100 percent product information . 30
Figure 5 – Additional information – XML with one undeclared substance . 37
Figure 6 – Base data requirements – XML . 40
Figure 7 – Additional information – XML for 100 percent of the product composition . 43
Figure 8 – Base data requirements – XML . 46
Figure 9 – Additional information – XML for 100 percent of the assembly composition . 52
Figure 10 – Base data requirements with optional additional data fields – XML . 56
Figure 11 – Base data requirements with optional additional data fields – XML . 62
Figure 12 – Base data requirements – XML . 65
Figure 13 – Base data requirements with optional additional data fields – XML . 67

Table 1 – Conversion table from ppm to mass percent . 11
Table 2 – Use of query list . 16
Table 3 – IPC 1752A exemption specification example . 17
Table 4 – JAMP application list for RoHS exemption list example . 18
Table 5 – JAMP exemption specification example . 18
Table 6 – Base data requirements – Business information . 21
Table 7 – Base data requirements – Product information . 21
Table 8 – Base data requirements – Substance group/substance information . 21
Table 9 – Additional requirements – Material information and exemptions. 23
Table 10 – Additional information – Material class information for 100 percent of the
product composition . 25

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Table 11 – Additional information – Product material/substance group/substance
information for 100 percent of the product composition . 26
Table 12 – Additional information – Declaration of material class information with one
undeclared substance and statements about RoHS substance levels . 31
Table 13 – Additional information – Product material/substance group/substance
information with one undeclared substance . 32
Table 14 – Base data requirements – Product information . 39
Table 15 – Additional information – Material class information for 100 percent of the
product composition . 41
Table 16 – Additional information – Declaration of 100 percent of product composition . 41
Table 17 – Base data requirements – Product information . 45
Table 18 – Base data requirements – Product
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All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form

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About the IEC
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ICS 01.110; 13.020; 29.100; 31.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-3045-9

– 2 – IEC TR 62474-1:2015 © IEC 2015

CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5

1 Scope . 7

2 Normative references . 7

3 Industry needs and business benefits . 7

3.1 Industry needs . 7

3.2 Business benefits . 8

4 Material declaration approach and flexibility of IEC 62474 . 9

4.1 Material declaration approach . 9
4.1.1 General . 9
4.1.2 Guidance on use of conditional fields in the developers table . 10
4.1.3 Guidance on use of mass and mass percent fields . 11
4.1.4 Calculating mass percent. 11
4.1.5 Interpretation of reporting threshold for declarable substances and
declarable substance groups . 12
4.1.6 Guidance on declaring a substance that belongs to two different
substance groups . 12
4.2 Flexibility of IEC 62474 . 13
4.2.1 Overview of material declaration features . 13
4.2.2 Flexibility of declaring substances and substance groups at different
levels within the declaration . 13
4.2.3 Declarable substances in a material declaration . 13
4.2.4 Additional guidance on declaration of material classes . 14
4.2.5 Absence declaration . 15
4.2.6 Material names . 15
4.2.7 Use of the query list features . 16
4.2.8 Declaring exemptions . 16
4.2.9 Using the reportingThreshold, aboveThresholdLevel and the
reportableApplication fields. 18
4.2.10 How to declare a product that does not have a fixed mass . 19
5 Material declaration examples . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Example 1 – An electronic component . 19
5.2.1 General . 19

5.2.2 Material declaration reporting “base data requirements” . 21
5.2.3 Material declaration reporting base data requirements with optional
additional data fields to provide information on material and exemption
information for RoHS substances . 22
5.2.4 Material declaration reporting additional information for 100 percent of
the product composition . 25
5.2.5 Material declaration reporting additional information with one
undeclared substance . 31
5.3 Example 2 – A product family of capacitors . 38
5.3.1 General . 38
5.3.2 Reporting material declaration according to“base data requirements” . 38
5.3.3 Material declaration reporting additional information for 100 percent of
the product composition . 41
5.4 Example 3 – An assembly consisting of a circuit board and a battery . 44
5.4.1 General . 44

5.4.2 Material declaration reporting “base data requirements” . 45

5.4.3 Material declaration reporting “Additional requirements” for 100 percent

of the product composition . 47

5.5 Example 4 – A product containing a substance which falls under both

REACH Annex XVII and REACH candidate list of substances of very high

concern (SVHC) . 53

5.5.1 General . 53

5.5.2 Material declaration reporting based on “base data requirements” with

optional additional data fields . 55

5.6 Example 5 – Material declaration reporting additional information declaring
based on query lists and for product parts. 57

5.6.1 General . 57
5.7 Example 6 – Thresholds referring to metals . 63
5.7.1 General . 63
5.7.2 Material declaration reporting “base data requirements” . 64
5.7.3 Material declaration reporting additional information declaring reference
substances for a declarable substance group . 66
Annex A (informative) Guidance to declare substances of unknown or variable
composition, complex reaction products and biological materials (UVCBs) . 68
Bibliography . 72

Figure 1 – Conceptual diagram for base requirements . 9
Figure 2 – Conceptual diagram for additional requirements . 10
Figure 3 – Base data requirements – XML . 22
Figure 4 – Additional information – XML for 100 percent product information . 30
Figure 5 – Additional information – XML with one undeclared substance . 37
Figure 6 – Base data requirements – XML . 40
Figure 7 – Additional information – XML for 100 percent of the product composition . 43
Figure 8 – Base data requirements – XML . 46
Figure 9 – Additional information – XML for 100 percent of the assembly composition . 52
Figure 10 – Base data requirements with optional additional data fields – XML . 56
Figure 11 – Base data requirements with optional additional data fields – XML . 62
Figure 12 – Base data requirements – XML . 65
Figure 13 – Base data requirements with optional additional data fields – XML . 67

Table 1 – Conversion table from ppm to mass percent . 11
Table 2 – Use of query list . 16
Table 3 – IPC 1752A exemption specification example . 17
Table 4 – JAMP application list for RoHS exemption list example . 18
Table 5 – JAMP exemption specification example . 18
Table 6 – Base data requirements – Business information . 21
Table 7 – Base data requirements – Product information . 21
Table 8 – Base data requirements – Substance group/substance information . 21
Table 9 – Additional requirements – Material information and exemptions. 23
Table 10 – Additional information – Material class information for 100 percent of the
product composition . 25

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Table 11 – Additional information – Product material/substance group/substance

information for 100 percent of the product composition . 26

Table 12 – Additional information – Declaration of material class information with one

undeclared substance and statements about RoHS substance levels . 31

Table 13 – Additional information – Product material/substance group/substance
information with one undeclared substance . 32

Table 14 – Base data requirements – Product information . 39

Table 15 – Additional information – Material class information for 100 percent of the

product composition . 41

Table 16 – Additional information – Declaration of 100 percent of product composition . 41

Table 17
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