TSE IEC/TR 62474-1

TSE IEC/TR 62474-1 is a technical report that provides guidance on how material declarations for products in the electrotechnical industry should be prepared, presented, and interpreted. It supports consistent implementation of IEC 62474, with a focus on the procedure, content, and form of material and substance data exchange.

What the material declaration approach is for

A material declaration provides structured information about the substances and materials present in a product or in the parts that make up a product. In electrotechnical products, this type of information matters for product communication, supply-chain exchange, environmental information handling, and consistency across reporting systems. IEC 62474-1 explains the underlying concepts through examples and helps organizations understand IEC 62474 in the same way across companies and suppliers. In general technical practice, such declarations are often managed through software tools, controlled vocabularies, and XML-based data exchange structures.

What this part focuses on

• Guidance on the procedure, content, and form of material declarations.
• Intended for organizations operating in or supplying the electrotechnical industry.
• Illustrative examples for software used to exchange substance and material data.
• Support for users who submit and receive material declarations so they can interpret the data more consistently.
• Case studies together with detailed representations and XML files that demonstrate how the approach works.

As a result, the document is not only a definitional reference but also a practical guide aimed at creating a common language in implementation. From a technical perspective, the value of material declarations comes from making product data traceable, comparable, and transferable between software systems. The guidance in this report is therefore especially relevant to enterprise data management and supply-chain integration.