REACH SVHC Candidate List Updated to 211 Substances

On 19 January 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) updated the Candidate List of substances of very high concern to 211 Substances, adding two substances to the SVHC list.

Substances added to the Candidate List on 19 January 2021 as below:

The Candidate List includes substances of very high concern that may have serious effects on our health or the environment.

Under the REACH Regulation, companies may have legal obligations when their substance is included-either on its own, in mixtures or in articles- in the Candidate List. Any supplier of articles containing a Candidate List substance above a concentration of 0.1 % weight by weight has to give sufficient information to their customers and consumers to allow safe use.

As of 5 January 2021, article suppliers must notify substances of very high concern in their articles to ECHA's SCIP database under the Waste Framework Directive.

Link: https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table