54 new candidate substances added on list of SVHC

Effective December 19, 2012, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added another 54 substances to the candidate list of substances of very high concern (svhc) after the committee of the member states of the European Union had taken a respective decision. The list now contains 138 substances in total.

Within the publication of substances at ECHA’s website, the information requirements of article 33 do apply straight away. Notifications according to article 7.2 have a 6 months transition period.

The full list of substances is displayed here:
http://echa.europa.eu/de/candidate-list-table