The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Member State Committee has unanimously agreed to identify six new substances as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC’s). These six substances are added to the Candidate List for authorisation. The Candidate List now contains 144 substances.
The legal obligations that companies may have resulting from the inclusion of their Substances in the Candidate List apply to the listed Substances on their own, in Mixtures or in Articles. Under Article 7(2 and 7) of REACH, Manufacturers and Importers of Articles (e.g. chairs, tables, cars) containing any of the six substances included in the Candidate List on 20 June 2013 have six months from today to notify ECHA if both of the following conditions apply:
i. the Substance is present in those Articles in quantities totalling over one Tonne Per Annum, and
ii. the Substance is present in those Articles above a concentration of 0.1% weight by weight.
Please check your inventory, and contact me if concerned.
|
Number |
Substance |
EC # |
CAS # |
|
1 |
Cadmium |
231-152-8 |
7440-43-9 |
|
2 |
Cadmium oxide |
215-146-2 |
1306-19-0 |
|
3 |
Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (APFO) |
223-320-4 |
3825-26-1 |
|
4 |
Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) |
206-397-9 |
335-67-1 |
|
5 |
Dipentyl phthalate (DPP) |
205-017-9 |
131-18-0 |
|
6 |
4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated |
– |
– |
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