Does the IMDS require a full disclosure of the formulation?
Ans: A disclosure of formulation with regard to the registration of materials and substances via the IMDS is not requested. As it is generally known, components of formulations are among substances also the associated manufacturing- and process parameters. Latter are in regard to the IMDS not of interest. In the Material Data Sheet Part 2 (Constituents in Purchased Parts) the materials and their substances must be declared by naming the CAS-Number. For this, the CAS-Number-Index which is integral to IMDS will be helpful. The meaning of ‘constituents’ is exemplified in the VDA volume 2, page 64 footnote c: … additives in plastic and elastomers (fillers, stabilizers, accelerator, residual monomers etc.) and impurities in the form of companion elements/foreign substances down to a limit of 0.1% (compare footnote f).
