The IMDS team has published IMDS Newsletter 67, the latest edition of its news bulletin for suppliers and OEMs that exchange material data through IMDS.
What Is in IMDS Newsletter 67
Newsletter 67 follows the IMDS Release 15.4 rollout happened on 16 September 2026 and the GADSL update implemented in IMDS on 11 September 2026.
The issue covers five topics: a new version of the IMDS Automotive Manufacturers’ Position paper, the changes delivered with IMDS Release 15.4, the upcoming IMDS Release 16.0, new recycled content reporting in Release 16.0, and a Users’ Echo answer on how to calculate product carbon footprint (PCF) values.
What’s New
- On 24 July 2026, the IMDS Steering Committee and supplier associations published a new version of the IMDS Automotive Manufacturers’ Position paper.
- IMDS Release 15.4 removed the EUDR functionality from the Regulation Wizard. The EUDR substance group stays in IMDS and will continue to be maintained in line with legal requirements.
- Release 15.4 added Application Code threshold checks in line with ELV Annex II, added validity dates to the application code descriptions, and now allows classification 7.2 (ceramics / glass) for copper.
- The MCCP substance group has been renamed “Potentially MCCP containing substances”, and substances that are always SVHC have been removed from it.
- IMDS Release 16.0 will be tested on Model Office Next between Q4 2026 and Q1 2027 and is planned on the production server in Q1 2027.
- Release 16.0 lets companies update recyclate data and norms without creating a new material version, lets recipients mark accepted MDSs as obsolete, and makes all newly sent MDSs forwardable.
- Recycled content reporting becomes mandatory for steel, aluminium, magnesium, polymers, and battery and permanent magnet materials. Reporting is based on guaranteed minimum values and is done only at material level by the material creator.
- Recommendation IMDS 027 on Product Carbon Footprint was updated on 17 June 2026 with a link to an AIAG document on how to determine PCF values.
Key Dates & Timeline
Who and What Is in Scope
Industries: Light duty vehicles · Heavy duty vehicles · Automotive components · Electrical and electronic equipment
Who is affected: IMDS users: material suppliers and component suppliers submitting data sheets, and OEM material compliance teams.
Products and standards in scope: IMDS system, release and communication updates for users of the International Material Data System.
Requirements and restrictions: No new legal requirement. Review any system changes that affect how material data sheets are created or submitted.
What Companies Should Do
- Check data sheets that use the affected application codes or the renamed “Potentially MCCP containing substances” group after Release 15.4.
- Prepare for recycled content reporting in Release 16.0: guaranteed minimum values, entered at material level, for steel, aluminium, magnesium, polymers, and battery and permanent magnet materials.
- Read the updated Recommendation IMDS 027 and the linked AIAG document if you report PCF values.
- Share relevant items with your IMDS administrators and material compliance team.
Newsletter 67 is the place to confirm what changed in IMDS this autumn; check it alongside the Release 15.4 and GADSL items.
Related: IMDS compliance services | GADSL Update Live in IMDS From 11 Sep 2026
IMDS Newsletter 67 — https://public.mdsystem.com/documents/d/imds-public-pages/imds-newsletter67
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