Since January 2021, EU producers, importers, assemblers, and distributors of articles containing more than 0.1% of an SVHC on the Candidate List are obliged to notify the ECHA (Waste Framework Directive, WFD). This notification is published in ECHA's substances of concern in products (SCIP) database.
Once a substance is placed on the Candidate List, companies have legal obligations when their substance is included either on its own, in mixtures or in articles.
On January 23, 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition to five substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC). This inclusion expands the number of entries on the Candidate List from 235 to 240.
Additionally, the ECHA expands the classification of one existing entry for dibutyl phthalate (DBP) to include its endocrine disrupting properties for the environment.
| EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY, ECHA/NR/24/01, JANUARY 23, 2024 |
| No. |
Substance [EC/CAS] |
Classification |
Examples of application |
| 1 |
2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol
[211-989-5/732-26-3] |
- Toxic for reproduction
- Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
|
- Formulation of mixtures
- Fuel products
|
| 2 |
2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol
[221-573-5/3147-75-9] |
- Very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB)
|
- Adhesives and sealants
- Air care products
- Coating products
- Lubricants and greases
- Polishes and waxes
- Washing and cleaning products.
|
| 3 |
2-(dimethylamino)-2-[(4-methylphenyl)methyl]-1-[4-(morpholin-4-yl)phenyl]butan-1-one
[438-340-0/119344-86-4] |
|
- Coating products
- Inks and toners
|
| 4 |
Bumetrizole (UV-326)
[223-445-4/ 3896-11-5] |
|
- Adhesives and sealants
- Coating products
- Washing and cleaning products.
|
| 5 |
Oligomerisation and alkylation reaction products of 2-phenylpropene and phenol
[700-960-7/---] |
|
- Adhesives and sealants
- Coating products
- Fillers, inks and toners
- Modelling clay
- Plasters, polymers and putties,
|