REACH Candidate List Updated with Four New SVHCs

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added four new substances to the Candidate List. The Candidate List contains now 155 substances. Among the new substances of very high concern (SVHC) are:        

Substance name	EC number	CAS number	Comment/Use
1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dihexyl ester, branched and linear	271-093-5	68515-50-4	Use as substitute for softener
Sodium perborate; perboric acid, sodium salt	239-172-9; 234-390-0	–	Use as bleaching agent in detergent industry
Sodium peroxometaborate	231-556-4	7632-04-4	Use in detergents
Cadmium chloride	233-296-7	10108-64-2	Use in electroplating

As these four substances are now Candidate Substances under REACH, information requirements for Candidate Substances in articles according to Article 33 apply immediately. If applicable, manufacturers and importers have to follow the requirements for notification according to article 7.2 within 6 months, which means until December 16, 2014.    

REACH Candidate List: Extended to 151 substances

On December 16, 2013, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has included seven new substances in the REACH candidate list which now contains 151 substances. For the seven new and the previously identified candidate substances, information requirements according to REACH article 7 and 33 are obligatory: If a candidate substance is present in an article in a concentration above 0,1 mass percent, suppliers of this article – manufacturer, importer or distributor- have to inform their direct customers. In addition, manufacturers and importers of articles have to notify ECHA about the substance according to article 7, if

• a candidate substance is present in the article above 0,1 mass percent, and
• the total amount of this substance in the article totals more than 1 ton/year, and
• the substance has not been registered at ECHA for that use.

If all three criteria are met, the manufacturer or importer has to submit a notification to ECHA within the following six months after the most recent update of the candidate list. For the above mentioned seven new candidate substances, the deadline is June 16, 2014. Link to candidate list: http://echa.europa.eu/de/candidate-list-table Further substances are expected to be put on the list until summer. 22 substances out of this list are or will be subject to authorization as they have been added to REACH Annex XIV already.