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On 14 June 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the SVHC Candidate List for authorisation as of June 2023, adding 2 new substances to the list. It now contains 235 entries of substances.
One substance is toxic for reproduction and the other has very persistent and very bioaccumulative hazardous properties. They are used, for example, in inks and toners and in the production of plastic products.
Details of the addition to the list are as follows:
| # |
Substance name |
EC number |
CAS number |
Reason for inclusion |
Examples of use(s) |
| 1 |
Diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide |
278-355-8 |
75980-60-8 |
Toxic for reproduction
(Article 57c) |
Inks and toners, coating products, photo-chemicals, polymers, adhesives and sealants and fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay |
| 2 |
Bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulphone |
201-247-9 |
80-07-9 |
vPvB
(Article 57e) |
Manufacture of chemicals, plastic products and rubber products |
If SVHC substances are present in an article placed on the EU/EEA market in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w, the EU/EEA supplier of that article needs to submit a SCIP notification to ECHA under the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD, Directive 2008/98/EC).
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