[IMDS]IMDS update: Release 15.1 planned changes

On September 22, 2025, the Release 15.1 changes were announced thru the IMDS News.
These changes are scheduled to be implemented on October 18 and 19, and the planned seven updates are as follows:

1. EU Deforestation Regulation: Regulatory Information

2. EU Deforestation Regulation: Contact Person

3. Updated Regulation Contact Search

4. Immediate Disclosure of Confidential Substances after GADSL/SVHC Update

5. Improved “Expand Tree” Functionality

6. Updated SC90 Checks for Metals

7. No Check for EUDR

1. EU Deforestation Regulation: Regulatory Information

• Introduction of a new substance group related to the EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)

• Addition of a new regulation type for EUDR in the Regulation Wizard

  • The entry method is similar to the existing BPR, REACH, and MCCP, but mandatory input will only apply starting with Release 16

  • For details regarding regulatory information entry, please refer to the previous posting IMDS Release 15.0 planned for July 5/6, 2025, and the table below

  • Answers required for two questions

    • 100% synthetic

    • 100% of natural constituents recycled

2. EU Deforestation Regulation: Contact Person

• Introduction of a new contact type: EUDR Contact Person

• Can be looked up by other companies for inquiries regarding EUDR

3. Updated Regulation Contact Search

• With the introduction of the EUDR Contact, the existing “REACH Contacts” menu has been renamed to “Regulation Contacts”

• Users can now selectively search for either REACH or EUDR contacts

4. Immediate Disclosure of Confidential Substances after GADSL/SVHC Update

• Confidential references to substances added to the GADSL or SVHC Candidate List will no longer remain confidential for 14 days

• Once such a substance is flagged as GADSL or SVHC in IMDS, it will be disclosed during the next night in UTC time zone

• The option to search for confidential substances has been removed from both Tree Search and Where-Used Analysis

5. Improved “Expand Tree” Functionality

• To make it easier to navigate the MDS tree structure, the following two options will be added:

  • Expand tree to various levels

  • Expand tree by Tree Search criteria

• Detailed explanations for each option will be provided in a new posting

6. Updated SC90 Checks for Metals

• To reduce the number of warnings for metals, the SC90 checks verifying requirements regarding substances contained in a material and their portions have been updated

• Instead of requiring a certain minimum portion, specific substances and substance groups within the respective classification must now hold the highest portion.

  • The fixed or minimum portion of the substance (or the sum of all fixed and minimum portions in the case of substance groups) must be equal to or greater than the fixed or minimum portion of any other substance in the same material

  • If the new requirement is not met, one of the following warning messages will be displayed:

    • A material of classification X must contain “Y” with the highest portion.

    • A material of classification X must contain substance group “Y” with the highest total portion.

  • Please refer to the example & material information relevant information below (* More examples and further details per material classification will be provided in a new posting)

[Fig. 1: Min. Copper content 48% in 3.2 Copper alloy according to Release 15]

[Table 1: Comparison of check results for copper alloy under Release 15 & 15.1]

[Table 2: Substance and substance groups subject to the future SC90 check changes]

7. No Check for EUDR

• Materials containing substances related to EUDR can be sent/proposed without entering EUDR regulatory information.

• See also Section 1 “EU Deforestation Regulation – Regulatory Information” for details