EU: One New SVHC Added to Candidate List for Authorisation, EU SVHC Updated to 251 Entries

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
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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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