On August 30th, 2024, ECHA announced the public comments on six potential substances of very high concern (SVHCs), and the public comments will end on October 14th, 2024, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA. ECHA will review the feedback submitted by the public. If these six substances pass the review, they will be added to the official candidate list of SVHC and become the 32nd batch of SVHC substances.

The information of six new evaluation materials is as follows:

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

◆ SVHC candidate list substances: 241 items.

◆ SVHC evaluation substances: 6 items.

◆ Substance in SVHC Intention List: 6 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.

Warm tips

With the continuous updating of SVHC candidate list, enterprises are facing more and more control requirements. ZRLK suggested that relevant enterprises should improve their product risk awareness, investigate the supply chain as early as possible, and always pay attention to the update of REACH regulations, so as to calmly cope with the changes in regulations. Our company has a professional technical team and rich experience in product testing, which can help you easily understand whether the products are safe and compliant. If you need it, please feel free to contact us, and our engineers will serve you at the first time!