Attention！The EU REACH SVHC has added another intentional substance

On October 10th, 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added "Reactive Brown 51" to the intention substance of SVHC. The substance is currently in the stage of "the file of related substances prepared by the proponent", and it is expected that the public comment on the substance will be launched in March 2025. If the comment is passed, the substance will be formally added to the SVHC candidate list.

The specific information of one new intentional substance is as follows:

Up to now, the state of SVHC substances is summarized as follows:

◆ SVHC candidate list substances: 241 items.

◆ SVHC evaluation substance: 6 items (public consultation has ended, pending official final decision)

◆ SVHC Intent List Substances: 7 items.

◆ Substance to be determined: 2 items (triphenyl phosphate, resorcinol)

The related laws and regulations of SVHC substance require:

REACH regulations stipulate that when the content of SVHC in articles is greater than 0.1%, information must be transmitted in the supply chain; When the content of SVHC in articles is more than 0.1% and the annual export volume is more than 1 ton, it must be notified to ECHA.

According to the EU Waste Framework Directive, from January 5, 2021, suppliers who put goods with SVHC content exceeding 0.1% into the EU market should submit the relevant information of the goods to ECHA through SCIP database.

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