IMDS Chemistry Manager – General information
1.1. OVERVIEW
The new IMDS functionality called "Chemistry Manager" allows companies to provide REACH
Annex XIV Regulatory information and Biocide Product Regulation (BPR) along the supply chain
in a faster way without blocking the "classic" MDS data traffic and still maintaining the link between
the added regulatory information and the related MDSs.
The following illustration shows that regulatory information entered and released will be available
to all usages of the related MDS instantly while the existing MDS reporting is linked to the processes
along the supply chain.
Requests for entering regulatory information required for the European Economic Area (EEA) are
needed for companies whose materials or products are used in supply chains inside the European
Union (EU). If materials or products are not used in the EU, your company will not receive any
requests for entering regulatory information related to these EEA regulations.