REC 019: As of may 2021, you are required to collect accurate data
IMDS The IMDS Steering Committee has decided that in the near future, standard data sheets for electronic components may no longer be used for reporting in the IMDS system as…
New basic substances group in IMDS: Critical raw materials
IMDS Critical Raw Materials (CRM) refers to a new group of basic substances in the IMDS and these will have to be reported from 2022 onwards. The term summarizes raw…
End-of-life vehicle directive: What could change soon
IMDS Since the European End-of-Life Vehicles Directive (Directive 2000/53/EC, also known as the "ELV Directive") was adopted in 2000, it has not changed fundamentally. However, in mid-March 2021, the EU…
The lowdown on the new multisourcing function in the IMDS
IMDS When you have two or more suppliers for the same component (e.g a screw or a capacitor), do you know how to record this in the IMDS? This situation…
How to minimize the additional workload caused by the deactivation of REC019
IMDS REC019 has now been deactivated in IMDS Release 13.0. Until this point ZVEI data sheets could easily be used to report printed circuit boards (PCBs) as a generic mixed…