On September 1st, 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced six potential substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for public comment, among which dibutyl phthalate (DBP) was added to the official list of SVHC as early as October 2008. This time, the second review of this substance was initiated to identify its new hazard types. The public comment will end on October 16th, 2023, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA. Five substances except dibutyl phthalate (DBP) will be added to the official list of SVHC if approved, becoming the 30th batch of SVHC substances.

The six material information of this public consultation is as follows:

The related laws and regulations of SVHC substance require:

REACH regulations stipulate that when the content of SVHC in articles is greater than 0.1%, information must be transmitted in the supply chain; When the content of SVHC in articles is more than 0.1% and the annual export volume is more than 1 ton, it must be notified to ECHA.

According to the EU Waste Framework Directive, from January 5, 2021, suppliers who put goods with SVHC content exceeding 0.1% into the EU market should submit the relevant information of the goods to ECHA through SCIP database.

Warm tips

With the continuous updating of SVHC candidate list, enterprises are facing more and more control requirements. ZRLK suggested that relevant enterprises should improve their product risk awareness, investigate the supply chain as early as possible, and always pay attention to the update of REACH regulations, so as to calmly cope with the changes in regulations. Our company has a professional technical team and rich experience in product testing, which can help you easily understand whether the products are safe and compliant. If you need it, please feel free to contact us, and our engineers will serve you at the first time!