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GADSL: Global Automotive Declarable Substance List

The automotive industry's shared list of substances that must be declared in vehicle parts. It plays the same role for cars that the IEC 62474 list plays for electronics.

Issuer
Global Automotive Stakeholders Group (GASG)
Updated
2026-06-12

Overview

GADSL tells the car industry what to declare in vehicle parts. It is the automotive counterpart to the IEC 62474 list that electronics uses.

How it works

Who maintains it
The Global Automotive Stakeholders Group (carmakers, suppliers and chemical industry)
How it's reported
Through IMDS, the automotive material data system
What it feeds
ELV, REACH and other substance obligations for vehicles
Updates
Revised periodically as regulations change

The classification flags

Each substance carries a reason flag:

D: Declarable

Report it if it's present above the listed threshold.

P / D-P: Prohibited

Banned outright (P), or banned for some uses but declarable where an exemption applies (D/P), such as lead under an ELV exemption.

How it relates

Note: Educational summary maintained by the Pareo team. Verify the current list and classifications against the official GADSL.

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