The IMDS steering committee decided to postpone the date of IMDS release 13.0 from (March 10, 2021, to May 19, 2021) due to the required time for IMDS-Advanced Interface (IMDS-AI) relevant development and the time needed for necessary adjustments to in-house systems of suppliers and manufacturers.
Besides, many companies are waiting for the implantation of SCIP submission in IMDS while taking the decision this also make a consideration. With this Release postponement, the following changes will be in delay
● Adding new required attributes and interface to transfer MDSs one by one to SCIP
● Increased precision for portions
● Support for multi-sourcing
● Consideration of the lower threshold for available selection of Application Codes
● Threshold parameter for every Where-Used Analysis related to substances
● Where-Used Analysis for MDSs with recyclate information
● Change recyclate handling for polymer materials
● Re-establishment of certain default application codes
● Deactivation of Recommendation IMDS019 Semi-component MDS
● Deactivation of Material Classifications 8.x
● Deactivation of other Material Classifications
● Other IMDS-AI-relevant changes
Reference: https://public.mdsystem.com/
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