ECHA Consulted on Proposals for Identifying Eight Substances as SVHC

9 March 2021, ECHA has released a proposal for eight chemical substances to be identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Member States or ECHA, on request of the European Commission, may propose a substance to be identified as an SVHC by preparing a dossier in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex XV to REACH. All interested parties are invited to submit comments on such reports during the consultation. The proposal is now under public consultation and deadline for consultation is 23 Apr. 2021.

Once these substances are identified as SVHCs, they will be added into the Candidate List of SVHCs, which currently contain 211 substances.

Name	CAS No.	EC No.	Proposed by	Reason for Proposing
1,4-dioxane	123-91-1	204-661-8	Germany	Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects on the environment (Article 57f) Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects on human health (Article 57f)
2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane1,3-diol (BMP) 2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol, tribromo derivative/3-bromo-2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1-propanol (TBNPA) 2,3-dibromo-1-propanol (2,3-DBPA)	3296-90-0 36483-57-5 1522-92-5 96-13-9	221-967-7 253-057-0 202-480-9	Norway	Carcinogenic (Article 57a)
2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers			Sweden	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)
4,4'-(1-methylpropylidene)bisphenol; (bisphenol B)	77-40-7	201-025-1	France	Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) - environment AND human health
Glutaral	111-30-8	203-856-5	Sweden	Respiratory sensitising properties (Article 57(f) - human health)
Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP) [UVCB substances consisting of more than or equal to 80% linear chloroalkanes with carbon chain lengths within the range from C14 to C17]			ECHA	PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e
Orthoboric acid, sodium salt	13840-56-7	237-560-2	Sweden	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)
Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched or linear alkyl chains from oligomerisation, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP)			Germany	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) – human health) Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) – environment)

CIRS warmly reminds that products containing SVHC materials, whose content exceeds 0.1%, need to inform ECHA. In later 6 months, the product containing more than 0.1% the concentration of a single SVHC in the article and the annual export volume is more than 1 ton, shall notify ECHA. The list of SVHC updates twice a year.

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