IEC/TS 62474-1 Ed. 1.0 en:2022

This part of IEC 62474 is a guidance document to help organizations properly implement IEC 62474. These organizations can be the ones creating tools for material data exchange and those who submit and receive material declarations.

This document supports consistent implementation of IEC 62474, including how the procedures, content, and form relating to material declarations for products can be further specified. It also illustrates how to apply IEC 62474 to non-electrotechnical industries.

This document:
• illustrates the flexibility and functionality of the IEC 62474 standard including examples,
• illustrates how to achieve conformity with IEC 62474, including guidance on preparing a declaration for compliance and a composition declaration, including mandatory and optional declaration requirements,
• illustrates how IEC 62474 can be applied to non-electrotechnical industries by preparing material declarations using an alternate declarable substance list (DSL),
• supports organizations that create software to exchange substance and material data to implement IEC 62474 in their tools, and
• supports users that submit and receive material declarations.

Following the IEC 62474 standard scope, process chemicals, emissions during product use and product packaging material are not in the scope of this document.