This article was updated  based on changes made by VT62474 at its January 29-31, 2020 meeting.

This post is the second in a series of posts about how to use IEC 62474 to declare information through the supply chain so that an EU SCIP duty holder (manufacturer, importer, or distributor) can meet its submission obligations in the EU SCIP database.

The first article is available at: IEC 62474 Support for EU SCIP Database

A submission into the SCIP database requires that certain minimum information about the product being manufactured or imported into the EU is provided.  This includes the Article name, primary article identifier, article category (i.e. CN customs code), safe use instructions, production in the EU, and number of units.  The “production in the EU” indicator has the possibility of a default response “Unwilling to disclose” and for the top-level product being submitted, the number of units will normally be one.  For the other data fields, the material declaration will need to report this information.

The above data is provided in the ProductID element of the XML Schema as shown in the table below.

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A graphical representation of the ProductID element is shown in the figure below. The green ovals highlight mandatory information needed by downstream manufacturers for SCIP submission.The dashed ovals indicate data fields that provide optional information that may be useful to the supply chain.

ProductID showing data fields needed EU SCIP database

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