VW 91101

Group Standard

2007-11

Class. No.:

97210

Descriptors:

hazardous substance, environment, list of substances

Environmental Standard for Vehicles

Vehicle Parts, Materials, Operating Fluids
Avoidance of Hazardous Substances

Previous issues
1993-11; 1996-08; 1996-10; 1999-04; 2001-05; 2004-04

Changes
The following changes have been made as compared to Volkswagen standard
VW 91101: 2004-04:

Section 4.2:

Section 4.3:

requirements specified in more detail; reference to EC regulation

1907/2006 ("REACH") added
new
Contents
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4.1
4.2
4.3
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Scope................................................................................................................................ 2
Description ........................................................................................................................ 2
Definitions ......................................................................................................................... 2
Requirements .................................................................................................................... 2
Emission restrictions in the vehicle interior ........................................................................ 2
Substances subject to mandatory declaration and banned substances ............................. 3
Material bans in the Volkswagen Group exceeding the requirements of VDA 232-101...... 3
Referenced documents ..................................................................................................... 3

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Technical responsibility

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Standards

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I/EZ-11 Martin Conrads

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Scope

Environmental policy: policy and specifications acc. to 91100.

This standard provides information on substances, preparations, and products the use of which is
banned, restricted, or subject to other requirements according to the following regulations:

laws in countries which are sales markets for vehicles produced by the Volkswagen Group or
internal decisions within the Volkswagen Group, independent of legal regulations and the location of use.

The standard applies to substances, preparations and products which are used in the vehicle or in
vehicle parts, and which are used as operating fluids or produced during the operation of the vehicle or during its repair and maintenance.
The Environmental Standard for Vehicles relates to the use and handling of such materials which
are known to contain or which could potentially contain hazardous substances.
In this regard, it is indifferent whether the undesired substances are introduced as additives or as
impurities or whether they result at a later point in time.
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Description

The following entry shall be made in the technical documentation concerned:

Avoidance of hazardous substances according to VW 91101.
3

Definitions

Product

Object which consists of one or several substances or preparations. Its design, surface, or shape is specified in the product engineering process and is
more important for the definition of its function than its chemical composition.

Substance

Chemical element and its compounds in natural form or artificially produced. A

substance may include additives required to maintain product stability and
impurities introduced due to the production method. It does not include solvents which can be separated from the substance without adversely affecting
the substances stability and without modifying its composition.

Preparation

Mixture or solution consisting of two or several substances

Requirements

4.1

Emission restrictions in the vehicle interior

The occupants of vehicles produced by the Volkswagen Group must not experience any effects

threatening their health or

compromising their well-being.

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The following regulations shall be complied with:

4.2

VW 50180, Components in Passenger Compartment; Emission Behavior

For Audi AG, additionally: VW 50179, Emissionsverhalten bei Bauteilen im Fahrzeuginnenraum (Emission Behavior of Components in the Vehicle Interior only available in German)
Substances subject to mandatory declaration and banned substances

VDA 232-101 (corresponds to GADSL, see www.gadsl.org) shall apply.

The requirements shall be complied with by the supplier at the time of acceptance of the development results by the ordering entity of the Volkswagen Group. If the requirements are enhanced and
thus become more severe after the acceptance, the supplier shall inform the head of the responsible engineering department of the ordering entity of the Volkswagen Group in order to agree upon
the resulting measures to be taken.
The applicable limit values of all substances marked as "P" (prohibited) in the VDA 232-101 must
not be exceeded in the specified fields of application.
Products and preparations shall only contain or release substances which, if applicable, are registered and approved for the intended applications according to EC regulation No. 1907/2006
("REACH") within the applicable deadlines.
The following requirements shall be complied with in addition:

4.3

1999/45/EC
2000/53/EC
67/548/EEC
76/769/EEC
Material bans in the Volkswagen Group exceeding the requirements of VDA 232-101

If regulations or bans for substances or materials exceeding the regulations specified in Sections
4.1 and 4.2 are issued by the Volkswagen Group, these are specified in VW 91101, Supplement 1,
which is regularly updated and which shall be complied with by the supplier for new developments
at the time of acceptance of the development results by the ordering entity of the Volkswagen
Group. If the requirements are enhanced and thus become more severe after the acceptance, the
supplier shall inform the head of the responsible engineering department of the ordering entity of
the Volkswagen Group in order to agree upon the corresponding measures to be taken.
VW91101, Supplement 1, contains precise specifications

on the prohibition of the use of specific substances,

on limit values for the contents or the release of specific substances or
on mandatory declaration.

If the regulations referenced in Section 5 are enhanced and thus become more severe than the
regulations stipulated in VW 91101, Supplement 1, the more severe requirements resulting from
Section 5 shall be applicable in any case.
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Referenced documents

The following documents cited in this standard are necessary for application. In this Section, terminological inconsistencies may occur as the original titles are used.
VW 50179

Emissionsverhalten bei Bauteilen im Fahrzeuginnenraum (Emission Behavior of Components in the Vehicle Interior only available in German)

VW 50180

Components in Passenger Compartment; Emission Behavior

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VW 91100

Environmental Standard for Vehicles; Vehicle Parts, Materials, Operating

Fluids; Policy, Specifications

VW 91101, Supple- Environmental Standard for Vehicles; Vehicle Parts, Materials, Operating
ment 1
Fluids; Avoidance of Hazardous Substances; Special Requirements of the
Volkswagen Group
1999/45/EC

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999

concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging
and labeling of dangerous preparations

2000/53/EC

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September

2000 on end-of-life vehicles

1907/2006/EC

Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 December

2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction
of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No
793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council
Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC,
93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC

67/548/EEC

Council Directive of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations

and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and
labelling of dangerous substances

76/769/EEC

Council Directive of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of laws, regulations

and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions
on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations

VDA 232-101

Global list of substances subject to mandatory declaration in the automotive

industry; German Version of the "Global Automotive Declarable Substance
List (GADSL)"