IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components (IECQ) - Electrical and Electronic Components and Products - Hazardous Substance Process Management System Requirements (HSPM) This publication is available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese.

IECQ 080000:2005 defines the requirements for establishing processes to identify and control the introduction of hazardous substances (HS) into its products. In the event that hazardous substances are introduced into the products, this Specification defines the requirements for implementing processes to test, analyze, or otherwise ascertain the HS content, and to make it available to the customer. Documented processes shall be within the organization’s business and quality management systems. The requirements of this Specification are in addition to those contained within ISO 9001. This Specification is intended for use by: 1. manufacturers, suppliers, repairers, and maintainers of products to develop processes to identify, control, quantify, and report the amounts of HS in the products they manufacture or supply; and 2. customers and users of the products to know the HSF status of a product, and to understand the processes by which it is determined.