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1 Scope 3
1.1 General 3
1.2 Abbreviations 3
2 Marking of Basic Material 4
3 Prohibited Substances and REACH 5
3.1 GADSL 5
3.2 REACH 5
4 Material Reporting in IMDS 6
5 Reference 8
5.1 Normative references 8
5.2 Record of changes 8
5.3 Team 8
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 1 Scope

This Quality Process Requirements (QPR) describes the requirements of Continental Automotive, which
must be met by Supplier under aspects of product- related protection of the environment.

This document supersedes all previous former TEMIC or CONTINENTAL TEMIC or CONTINENTAL
TEVES or SIEMENS VDO and Motorola (ACES) environmental systems requirements manuals (e.g.
FRA-05112528 11.07.05; FRA-07110105 08.02.07; FRA-08114998 08.09.08).

1.1 General

Suppliers are obligated to contribute to the implementation of environmental requirements in product

design by:

• Active involvement in working out optimum solutions for minimizing the potential impact of
components on the environment over the automobile life cycle. The automobile life cycle
comprises the production of raw materials and semi components, the manufacturing of
components and vehicles and their use and recycling.
• Providing information on environmental aspects of the components supplied and their
composition in terms of type and amount upon request.
• Providing information on the recyclability of the components supplied on request.

1.2 Abbreviations
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IMDS International Material Data System

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REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

GADSL Global Automotive Declarable Substance List
IPC Industrial Printed Circuits (now: Association Connecting Electronics Industries)
IC Integrated Circuits
PPAP Production Part Approval Process
PPF Produktionsprozess- und Produktfreigabe
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PSW Part Submission Warrant

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 2 Marking of Basic Material

To promote the recovery of high-grade materials in connection with the recycling of end-of-life vehicles,
components shall be labelled to show their composition unless technical or economic reasons render this
difficult or impossible.

Components made from plastics or elastomers shall be labelled. Labelling is obligatory if the weight
exceeds 100 g (plastic parts) or 200 g (elastomers). Labelling should be in accordance with the following
international standards:

• ISO 11469: Plastics – Generic identification and marking of plastics products

• ISO 1043-1: Plastics - Nomenclature, Part 1: Basis-Polymers
• ISO 1043-2: Plastics - Nomenclature, Part 2: Fillers
• ISO 1043-4: Plastics - Nomenclature, Part 4: Flame resistant
• ISO 1629: Rubber and latices - Nomenclature

Other basic material shall be marked in accordance with VDA Recommendation 260 " Vehicle components
– Marking of material ". Large plastic components may have to be labelled at more than one point in order
to reduce the cost of transportation in connection with the recycling of end-of-life vehicles by cutting the
component into several smaller parts.
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 3 Prohibited Substances and REACH

3.1 GADSL

The Global Automotive Declarable Substances List (GADSL) is the outcome of a global cooperation
between the automotive, automotive parts supplier and chemical industries. All substances listed in the
GADSL are subject to declaration requirements. Substances identified as prohibited in the GADSL are only
allowed to use within the GADSL thresholds. The latest valid edition of the GADSL is available under the
following internet address:

Global Automotive Declarable Substances List (GADSL): www.gadsl.org

According to the EU Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles 2000/53/EC (Article 4(2)), the use of lead
(Pb),mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) and hexavalent chromium (Cr VI) is restricted to the applications
listed in the latest valid edition of Annex II of the directive under the stipulated conditions. The supplier is
obligated to meet these requirements. Further information:

• EU Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles 2000/53/EC

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/elv_index.htm

• Latest version of Annex II of the EU Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/ [search for “end-of life vehicles” in connection with “Annex II”]

3.2 REACH

Continental Automotive expect its Suppliers, supplying to any Continental Automotive plant in the
European Union, to pre-register all required substances and preparations in time and to complete
registration before end of transitional period according to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH).
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The registration can be done either by supplier himself or by a third party representative if the supplier is
without express authorization are prohibited. Offenders will be held liable
well as utilization of its contents and communication thereof to others

located outside the European Union. In case the supplier withdraws a product from the market, he has to
inform Continental Automotive Divisions immediately. The substances listed in appendix 14 must not be
supplied to Continental after the expiration date.
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 4 Material Reporting in IMDS

The complete composition of components and materials shall be reported by creating material data sheets
in the International Material Data System (IMDS). The material data sheets have to be created in
accordance with the reporting requirements of the IMDS Steering Committee in force at the time.

• International Material Data System (IMDS): www.mdsystem.com

If all necessary data concerning the composition of the products to be reported is already on file at
Continental Automotive in a suitable form which can be electronically processed, then Continental
Automotive may decide to waive the reporting obligation of the respective parts supplier. In the absence of
such a decision the reporting responsibility rests with the supplier. A simplified material reporting based on
IMDS Recommendation 019 may be used for electronic components.
Simplified material reporting means: For electronic components with a weight below 5g that will be
mounted to a printed circuit board, an IPC 1752 or umbrella spec. declaration may be submitted instead of
a complete IMDS datasheet. If an electronic part contains substances that are declarable according to
GADSL but are not covered in the recommendation 019 material (e.g. GaAs die in an IC), the supplier is
obliged to inform Continental Automotive by sending an IMDS data sheet.

In case the IMDS Recommendation itself changes this method of material reporting has to be adjusted
accordingly. On request by Continental the full IMDS submission needs to be applied without simplified
reporting.

Electronic component

No
Weight less than 5g
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Yes
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Selfassurance of con- No
formance with environmental requirements
by suppliers
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Yes

Reporting by Umbrella
Spec or IPC (supplier has to assure, that Umbrella Reporting via IMDS
Spec could be used)

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 Continental Automotive may request the part supplier to confirm in writing that he complies with the legal
requirements concerning prohibited substances in order to protect Continental Automotive against
litigation. This confirmation may be worded along the lines of the following examples:

• “The scope of supply is free from heavy metals as defined in 2000/53/EC“

• “The scope of supply is free from brominated flame retardants as defined in 2003/11/EC“
• "The scope of supply is free from prohibited substances as defined in the Global Automotive Declarable
Substances List (GADSL)“

Material reporting must be submitted with the delivery of first sample. In case of changes a re-submission is
required. IMDS IDs of the approved material data sheets (MDS) are to be referred to in the PPAP/PPF
(PSW) documents.
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 5 Reference

5.1 Normative references

2000/53/EC EU Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles (incl. latest version of Annex II)

2003/11/EC EU Directive on the restriction of brominated flame retardants
2003/138/EC EU Decision establishing component and material coding standards for
vehicles
GADSL Global Automotive Declarable Substances List (www.gadsl.org)
VDA 260 Vehicle components – Marking of material
VDA Band 2 Quality Assurance of Supplies
DIN EN ISO 11469 Marking of plastic products
ISO 18064 Thermoplastic elastomers – Nomenclature
ISO 1043-1,2,4 Plastics - Nomenclature
ISO 1629 Rubber and latices – Nomenclature
1907/2006XVI REACH

EU directives may be downloaded in the internet under http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex.

VDA documents may be ordered under www.vda.de, ISO standards under www.beuth.de

5.2 Record of changes

Revision Date Authors Reason of the changes Paragraph and chapter modified
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