On 8 July 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the SVHC Candidate List for authorisation as of July 2021, adding 8 new substances to the list. It now contains 219 substances.
Some of the newly added substances are used in consumer products such as cosmetics, scented articles, rubber and textiles. Others are used as solvents, flame retardants or to manufacture plastics products. Most have been added to the Candidate List because they are hazardous to human health as they are toxic for reproduction, carcinogenic, respiratory sensitisers or endocrine disruptors.
Details of the addition to the list are as follows:
| # | Substance name | EC number | CAS number | Reason for inclusion | Examples of use(s) |
| 1 | 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers | - | - | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c) | Cleaning agents, cosmetics, in scented articles, polishes and wax blends. |
| 2 | Orthoboric acid, sodium salt | 237-560-2 | 13840-56-7 | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c) | Not registered under REACH. May be used as solvent and corrosion inhibitor. |
| 3 |
2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane1,3-diol (BMP); 2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol, tribromo derivative/3-bromo-2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1-propanol (TBNPA); 2,3-dibromo-1-propanol (2,3-DBPA) |
221-967-7, 253-057-0, 202-480-9 |
3296-90-0, 36483-57-5, 1522-92-5, 96-13-9 |
Carcinogenic (Article 57 a) |
BMP: manufacture of polymer resins and in one component foam (OCPF) application. TBNPA: polymer production manufacture of plastics products, including compounding and conversion and as an intermediate. DBPA: registered as an intermediate. |
| 4 | Glutaral | 203-856-5 | 111-30-8 | Respiratory sensitising properties (Article 57f - human health) | Biocides, leather tanning, x-ray film processing, cosmetics. |
| 5 | Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP) (UVCB substances consisting of more than or equal to 80% linear chloroalkanes with carbon chain lengths within the range from C14 to C17) | - | - |
PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) |
Flame retardants, plasticising additives in plastics, sealants, rubber and textiles. |
| 6 | Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched alkyl chains from oligomerisation, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP) | - | - |
Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57f - human health and environment) |
Preparation of lubricant additive materials and of fuel system cleaners. |
| 7 | 1,4-dioxane | 204-661-8 | 123-91-1 |
Carcinogenic (Article 57a) Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to the environment (Article 57f -environment) Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to human health (Article 57f –human health) |
Solvent |
| 8 | 4,4'-(1-methylpropylidene)bisphenol | 201-025-1 | 77-40-7 | Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57f - human health and environment) | Not registered under REACH. May be used in manufacture of phenolic and polycarbonate resin. |
From 5 January 2021, if SVHC substances are present in an article placed on the EU market in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w, the supplier of that article needs to submit a SCIP notification to ECHA under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD, Directive 2008/98/EC).
After 5 January 2021, if substances present in an article as such or in a complex object placed on the EU market in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w are added to the Candidate List, the supplier of that article need to submit a new SCIP notification or update a previous submitted SCIP notification for that article at the time of the next supply or placement on the market to any customer or as a result of an import, after the substance has been included in the Candidate List.
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