IPC-1754 Compliance

Customer & Industry Requirements

Materials and Substances Declaration for Aerospace and Defense and Other Industries

Your OEM Customers Require IPC-1754 Declarations. Can You Generate Class E, F, and G Reports Across 2,000+ AD-DSL Substances?

IPC-1754 compliance demands substance-level material declarations across every tier of your supply chain—with OEM-specific Declarable Substance Lists driving reporting requirements. The AD-DSL now exceeds 2,000 substances as of Version 9.0. Defense primes and aerospace OEMs increasingly require IPC-1754 XML declarations as a condition of supplier qualification.

Certivo automates IPC-1754 declaration collection, substance extraction, and multi-tier supply chain transparency from raw material to final assembly.

Regulation Overview

Jurisdiction

• Global (Industry-standard specification; primary adoption in aerospace, defense, and heavy equipment sectors)

Regulatory Body

• IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries; IAEG (International Aerospace Environmental Group)

Regulation Number

• IPC-1754-AM2 (Amendment 2, published May 2020)

Effective Date

• May 2018 (Base standard); Amendment 1 — March 2019; Amendment 2 — May 2020

Official Source

• electronics.org — Materials Declaration Data Exchange Standards

Key Threshold

• IAEG Aerospace and Defense Declarable Substances List (AD-DSL), Version 9.0 (2025)

What Is IPC-1754?

IPC-1754 is the industry standard for exchanging material and substance declaration data between suppliers and their customers in aerospace, defense, heavy equipment, and adjacent industries. For supply chain compliance teams, IPC-1754 defines how substance data—including CAS numbers, concentration levels, and process chemicals—must be structured, reported, and communicated across multi-tier supply chains using a standardized XML schema.

The standard supports reporting against multiple Declarable Substance Lists simultaneously, including the IAEG AD-DSL, which now contains over 2,000 substances as of Version 9.0. OEMs use IPC-1754 to consolidate compliance with EU REACH SVHC obligations, RoHS substance restrictions, TSCA PBT requirements, and PFAS reporting mandates into a single declaration workflow. Suppliers must generate Class E (product statement), Class F (DSL substance disclosure), or Class G (full substance disclosure) declarations depending on customer requirements.

IPC-1754 compliance requires BOM-level compliance intelligence—substance data mapped to every material, component, and sub-assembly—from every supplier across every tier of your supply chain.

Key Components / Sub-Frameworks

Obligation

• Minimum declaration level; mandatory for all IPC-1754 responses

Class E Declaration

• Product Statement — supplier answers Query List with true/false/unknown

Class F Declaration

• DSL Substances Declaration — reports all substances matching the specified DSL

Class G Declaration

• Full Substance Disclosure — all substances in product plus process chemicals

Declarable Substance List (DSL)

• Authority-specified list of reportable substances (e.g., AD-DSL)

Query List (QL)

• Product-level compliance statements requiring true/false/unknown responses

Use Descriptor List (UDL)

• Standardized descriptors for substance, material, and process use

Key Compliance Requirements

Who Must Comply

• Aerospace and defense OEMs requesting substance declarations from suppliers
• Tier 1, Tier 2, and sub-tier suppliers providing materials, components, or sub-assemblies to A&D customers
• Heavy equipment manufacturers adopting IPC-1754 for material compliance reporting
• Electronics manufacturers supplying components into A&D programs
• Raw material and chemical suppliers required to report process substance data
• Any company in the supply chain receiving an IPC-1754 declaration request from a customer

Key Thresholds

• Any substance on the DSL present in product, material, or process triggers reporting
• All suppliers must complete product statement (Query List) as minimum response
• Customer-specified; required when OEM demands substance-level or full material disclosure
• Single declaration must satisfy REACH, RoHS, TSCA, Prop 65, and PFAS requirements simultaneously

Core Obligations

1. IPC-1754 Declaration Response - Generate valid XML declaration at requested class level (E, F, or G)
2. AD-DSL Substance Reporting - Report all declarable substances per current AD-DSL version against product BOM
3. Process Chemical Disclosure - Declare substances used in production, MRO, and overhaul processes
4. Multi-Level BOM Reporting - Provide substance data at component, sub-assembly, and product levels
5. Declaration Maintenance - Update declarations when DSL changes, product composition changes, or customer requests refresh

IPC-1754-Specific Pain Points

The AD-DSL Version Update Cascade

IAEG releases new AD-DSL versions with expanded substance coverage and updated regulatory criteria. Each update means re-collecting declarations from hundreds of suppliers—but your existing data was gathered against Version 7.0 or 8.0.

The Multi-Class Declaration Puzzle

One OEM requests Class E. Another demands Class G with full substance disclosure including process chemicals.

The Multi-Tier Visibility Gap

IPC-1754 requires substance data across the full product hierarchy—materials, sub-products, and process chemicals at every tier.

The Multi-Regulation Consolidation Burden

A single IPC-1754 declaration must satisfy REACH SVHC, RoHS, TSCA, Prop 65, and emerging PFAS reporting obligations simultaneously.

Certivo reads supplier documents in any format, extracts substance data to CAS-number precision, validates against the complete AD-DSL and overlapping regulations, and generates OEM-ready IPC-1754 declarations automatically. When IAEG updates the AD-DSL, Certivo reassesses your portfolio and alerts you—before your customer's next qualification audit.

Key Statistics

• 2,000+ AD-DSL substances tracked with automatic version sync
• 99.2% Substance extraction accuracy from supplier declarations
• 95% Supplier response rate with CORA-powered declaration campaigns

Frequently Asked Questions

What companies and suppliers are subject to IPC-1754 declaration requirements?

Any company receiving an IPC-1754 declaration request from an aerospace, defense, or heavy equipment customer must respond at the requested class level.

What are the consequences of failing to provide IPC-1754 declarations to OEM customers?

Failure to provide requested declarations results in direct commercial consequences. Suppliers risk removal from approved vendor lists, disqualification from new program bids, and suspension from active contracts.

How does Certivo handle AD-DSL version updates and multi-regulation validation?

Certivo maintains continuous sync with the IAEG AD-DSL, incorporating new substance additions and classification changes within days of each version release.

What declaration formats does Certivo accept from suppliers for IPC-1754 reporting?

Certivo accepts any format: PDF declarations, Excel spreadsheets, IPC-1752A XML, AD-SRT exports, IMDS data, and freeform responses.

Does Certivo support all three IPC-1754 declaration classes (E, F, and G)?

Yes. Certivo generates Class E product statements, Class F DSL substance declarations, and Class G full substance disclosures—all in IPC-1754 AM2-compliant XML format.