ECHA Publishes 15 Substances on the Candidate SVHC List

29 Oct 2008

Substances, Preparations and articles with these candidate SVHCs have urgent communication requirements

Intertek (www.intertek.com/reach), the leading provider of quality and safety solutions offers extensive services to help companies fulfill their REACH responsibilities on the heels of the October 28, 2008 publication of 15 substances to the ECHA’s list of Candidate Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The publication of this list to the ECHA website immediately triggers communication requirements to declare these candidate SVHCs in products where they are present in concentrations of 0.1% or higher by weight.

These 15 substances are:

    • 4,4'- Diaminodiphenylmethane 
    • 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene) 
    • Anthracene 
    • Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) 
    • Bis (2-ethyl(hexyl)phthalate) (DEHP) 
    • Cobalt dichloride 
    • Diarsenic pentaoxide 
    • Diarsenic trioxide 
    • Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) 
    • Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) 
    • Lead hydrogen arsenate 
    • Sodium dichromate, dihydrate 
    • Triethyl arsenate 
    • Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins) 
    • Bis(tributyltin)oxide

A further list of substances subject to Authorization under the REACH regulation will be created early next year using the published candidate SVHCs.

Intertek offers a wide range of REACH services to help manufacturers identify their REACH SVHC responsibilities as well as to develop and implement their REACH strategies for compliance. The REACH SVHC product assessment and strategy guide service helps clients determine the classification of their products under definitions provided for in the REACH Regulations as Substances, Preparations or Articles and create a strategy that is purely based on the client’s specific responsibilities to the REACH Regulation. In addition, Intertek offers SVHC testing services for clients unsure of the presence or amount of SVHC substances in their products, the preparation the SVHC disclosure forms and the provision of standard and custom lists of SVHC chemicals.

“REACH is a very complex regulation that leads many businesses to spend money and valuable time investigating aspects of the Regulation that ultimately have minimal impact on the Client’s business,” notes Bruce Calder, General Manager of Intertek Ageus Solutions. “Intertek will provide the expertise to perform a detailed analysis on Client’s business and products. This will identify all immediate actions to be taken to help ensure uninterrupted business in the European Union.”

For more information on what the publication of this list could mean to you and your ability to sell products in the EU or to learn more about Intertek’s complete suite of REACH services, please contact one of REACH experts at reach@intertek.com or please visit www.intertek.com/reach.  

For more information, please contact:

Joel Pekay
Global Marketing and Business Development Director
Telephone: 630-481-3126
Email: joel.pekay@intertek.com