The international IEC 62474 declarable substances list (DSL) and data exchange format was updated on April 9, 2014. IEC 62474 provides the electrical and electronics industry with a material declaration standard and an internationally recognized list of substances that should be declared by suppliers to downstream manufacturers.<\/p>\n
Additions and modifications to the Declarable Substance List (DSL)<\/strong> Changes to the Data Exchange Format A significant number of changes were made to the XML schema and accompanying developer’s table which together define the format for communicating material declaration files between upstream suppliers and downstream manufacturers. Details of the changes are available in the IEC 62474 blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThere were several additions and modifications to the Declarable substance groups and declarable substances and to the reference substances. Details of the changes are provided in the IEC 62474 blog <\/a>(see table 1).<\/p>\n
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