There are various actions for restricted substance control contained in products to comply with global requirements symbolized by the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive and the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substance in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) Directive. MSDSplus of the chemical industry, IMDS of the automotive industry or green procurement survey of the electric and electronics industries is a proactive example for compliance initiative.

Unfortunately, when surveying substance information contained in an article under the existing business practice, scheme of information transfer between an information requester and the information forwarder is not always specified In addition, significant workloads and cost burdens are generated for considerable information transfers to ensure the credibility of disclosed data and it is not easy to clarify responsibility of the information. Taking into account necessity of prompt and appropriate actions to European REACH Regulation, the existing framework is not sufficient to meet needs of industry-wide and we should proactively embark on industry-wide efforts.

For conducting actions adequately along global trend requiring appropriate restricted substance control, we recognized that it is indispensable to prepare a mechanism to secure information quality of substances contained in products and facilitate disclosure/transfer of the information through whole supply chain. Based upon this recognition, seventeen companies that are in agreement with this principle served as founders established the industry-driven Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium (JAMP) in September 2006.

In an effort to find out solutions for the aforementioned issues, JAMP executes actions contributing to the realization of the JAMP principles, while giving consideration in line with the existing survey scheme. We would be honored if the deliverables from our activities will be of assistance to reduce the burdens to obtain or grant necessary information as to restricted substances. Your understanding and globally cross-industrial cooperation would be greatly appreciated.