The GADSL (Global Automotive Declarable Substance List) is maintained by a global team from the automotive, automotive parts supplier (tier supplier), and chemical/plastics industries who have organized the Global Automotive Stakeholders Group (GASG).
The GADSL only covers substances that are expected to be present in a material or part that remains in a vehicle at the point of sale. The GADSL will be updated and published annually in February concerning the team.
The GADSL 2021 contains more than 4000 substances: individual substances and all members of substances within the substance groups. The official GADSL Website: http://www.gadsl.org/
GADSL is a standard in IMDS (International Material Data System), used to simplify identification and reporting of GADSL-listed substances they are marked separately with D or P in the IMDS system.
Now, 695 substances have been updated with new Actions which will be updated in IMDS on 31-Mar-2021
| Substance Count | Current flag | New flag | Comments |
| 2 | D | – | Removed from GADSL list |
| 563 | – | P | Added |
| 106 | D | P | Added |
| 5 | D/P | P | Added |
| 16 | D/P | D/P | Added |
| 1 | – | D/P | Added |
| 1 | D | D/P | Added |
| 1 | D | D + Phthalates group | Added |
Reference: https://public.mdsystem.com/documents/10906/16811/gadsl_update_mar2021.pdf/5015e058-81c6-4ad1-9385-d07273ea7f5c
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