| Targeted audience |
EU/EEA manufacturers, EU/EEA importers and their upstream providers, EU/EEA distributors |
| Products concerned |
Consumer products |
| Key industries concerned with this insight |
EEE (electrical and electronic equipment), textile products |
| Application date |
5 November 2025 (for SCIP notification and SVHC communication obligations) |
| Main content or requirements |
On 5 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added the substance 1,1'-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene] (DBDPE) to the SVHC list. If SVHC substances are present in an article component placed on the EU/EEA market in a concentration above 0.1%, the supplier needs to submit a SCIP notification to ECHA |
| Reference |
Reference |
On 5 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the SVHC Candidate List for authorisation as of November 2025, adding 1 new substance to the list. The SVHC list now contains 251 entries of substances.
The newly added substance is 1,1'-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene] (DBDPE, CAS No. 84852-53-9), which is identified to have very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) properties and is used as a flame retardant in various industries.
Details of the addition to the list are as follows:
| No. |
Substance Name |
EC No. |
CAS No. |
Reason for Inclusion |
Examples of Uses |
| 1 |
1,1'-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene]
(DBDPE) |
284-366-9 |
84852-53-9 |
Very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB)
(Article 57(e)) |
Flame retardant |
If SVHC substances are present in an article component 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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