Material Compliance – Topics – 12/2022
Aim of this information is to draw awareness at all our suppliers on the topic Material Compliance in generalMaterial Compliance Newsletter

Conflict Minerals

Conflict Minerals
Mining of Conflict Minerals is often
accompanied with inhumane
activities. To limit this, it is necessary
according to the Schaeffler Conflict
Minerals Policy to use only material
from certified smelters that areevaluated by independent experts atregular intervals.
The topic of conflict minerals is primarily concerned with theobservance of human rights, and is essentially concerned with theavoidance of warlike activities in the Democratic Republic of Congoand adjoining countries. In these areas, the mining of chemicalelements such as Gold, Tungsten and Tantalum, as well as Cobalt andMica, finances these warlike activities.
In 2022 the smelter African Gold Refinery was not certified
furthermore and it appeared on the sanction list of the US
Government, so Schaeffler requests all its suppliers to ensure againthat no materials are used that originate from critical smelters. If nosustainable remedial action is taken, we reserve the right to impose
New Business on Hold.
Please look out carefully to not longer certified Russian smelters in
2022, since many of them lost their certifications.

Please find enclosed a example list (situation 11/22) with criticalsmelters including reasons for this assessment. This list has to be seen
as an example, not finalized and might change dynamic due tochanging sanctions, changing certifications or other reasons.
•CID003185 Gold African Gold Refinery - Uganda - Refinery not participating inOECD aligned audit. Gold processed in Uganda, a covered country as perDodd Frank 1502.

•CID002515 Gold Fidelity Printers and Refiners – Zimbabwe- Relations withSino Zimbabwe which is under US Treasury Sanctions•

CID002563 Gold Kaloti Precious Metals – UAE - Removed from Dubai GoodDelivery list in 2015. Publicly available information – April 2020 ; October 2020•

CID002587 Gold Tony Goetz NV – Belgium - SOR not able to confirm to theRMI (RMAP) standards . Public Reports•

CID002567 Gold Sudan Gold Refinery – Sudan - U.N. Security Council concerns
over gold smuggling in Sudan•

CID000927 Gold JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant Russian Federation - Ownership with Renovo group – US Treasury Sanctions•CID001029 Gold Kyrgyzaltyn JSC - KYRGYZSTAN - Kyrgyzaltyn JSC Suspendedfrom LMBA Good Delivery ListMaterial Compliance Newsletter

New version of S132030-1
For technical questions regarding
S 132030-1, e.g.; like with fillingthe document, please contact
Schaeffler via this email address:
MaterialCompliance@schaeffler.com

PFAS (Per-and PolyfuorinatedAlkyl Substances – Planned bansfor EU and US

For IMDS reporting (Appendix B),
please contact Schaeffler via thisemail address:IMDS@schaeffler.com

The latest news you can find on the internet:
Prohibited and declarable substances:
Sustainability | Schaeffler Germany
Main changes in the new version are:
• There is a separate excel sheet for each category (A,B and C).
• The list of substances is shortened.
• Please be aware of your responsibility to inform us
about changes in Material Composition or due tonew legal aspects

Material Compliance participates in several committees(BDI, VD; VDMA, …) in order to get actual information andto exchange about necessary applications.

Material Compliance Newsletter

IMDSOne of the biggest responsibilities of companies supplying products to the automotive industry is toensure that the product placed on the market meets all legal requirements in terms of MaterialCompliance, during its life cycle. With IMDS (International Material Data System), we can track allchanges to a product's ingredients, meeting the obligations imposed on automobile manufacturers
by national and international standards, laws and regulations.
Therefore, we want to kindly remind you that, when the GADSL or SVHC list is updated, all MDS thathave a joker/wildcard in their tree structure must be reviewed to determine whether the substancethat the joker/wildcard replaces is now declarable(D) or prohibited (P). All substances marked asconfidential must undergo the same review to identify whether a confidential substance is now D/P.
In the case of, a revised MDS with a full non-confidential disclosure of the D/P substance is requiredby the date specified in the legislation. If no date is indicated or if the date is more than 6 months,
the resubmission must take place no later than 6 months from the date of publication of the updatedGADSL.

Schaeffler strongly recommends that substances should be marked as confidential, rather thanusing the joker/wildcard for highly confidential substance information, so that the reviewing process
after a legislative change takes less time and effort.
We expect all our suppliers to be aware of this responsibility and together to ensure that ourproducts meet all the requirements of the automotive industry in terms of Material Compliance!

Material Compliance Newsletter

REACH / RoHS
For general questions regarding REACH/RoHs,
please contact Schaeffler via this special email
address:
REACh-RoHS@schaeffler.com

For the latest news and updates, please follow
the official channels:- REACh : https://echa.europa.eu/- RoHS: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02011L006520210401

Material Compliance Contact Information

For general questions related toMaterial Compliance topics,
please contact us atMaterialCompliance@schaeffler.
com

For specific topics, please contact us on thededicated mailboxes:
REACh/RoHS - REACh-RoHS@schaeffler.com
IMDS – IMDS@schaeffler.com
Conflict Minerals – ConflictMinerals@schaeffler.com

In case of no information from your side wewill consider that the declarations ofcompliance previous received, are still valid.

Material Compliance NewsletterNews on RoHS Directive
Because Schaeffler has committed to offer safe and compliant products, various Material Compliance requirements mustbe passed down the supply chain. Please take over your responsibility by requesting necessary information from yoursuppliers as well and inform Schaeffler about regulated substances in products you provide.
RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU restricts the use of some specific hazardous substances in electrical and electronicequipment (EEE). Also, Schaeffler customers require RoHS information and compliance, even if the provided product is
not an EEE.
Currently, the European Commission wants to add two new substances to the ten ones already regulated by RoHS. Pleasebe prepared to inform Schaeffler timely, if those new substances maybe contained in products you provide.

Let’s explore two substances expected to be restricted already in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to a final decision by
the European Commission:
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBP-A), CAS Number 79-94-7, can be used as a a flame retardant in polymers and is suspected
to be reprotoxic, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT/vPvB) and a potential endocrine disruptor.
Medium Chain Chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs), are a group of substances which are, related to RoHS, described by one
CAS number 85535-85-9. MCCPs can be used as secondary plasticizer in PVC or as flame retardants in polymers, rubber,paints and adhesives. They are suspected to be persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT/ vPvB). MCCPs are alreadydeclarable under the REACh regulation, because they are considered as Substances of Very High Concern and therefore
listed on the SVHC Candidate List.