ECHA updates the Candidate List with twenty new Substances of Very High Concern
Companies manufacturing or importing these substances, or articles containing the substances, need to check their potential obligations that result from the listing
The Candidate List, including the substances which ECHA added to this list, is available on ECHA’s website. As foreseen by REACH, a specific procedure will be followed to decide whether the substances should also be included in Authorisation List (Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation).
Companies may have legal obligations resulting from the inclusion of substances in the Candidate List which may apply to the listed substances on their own, in mixtures or in articles.
Producers and importers of articles have six months from today to notify ECHA by 19 June 2012, if both of the following conditions apply: (i) the substance is present in those articles in quantities totalling over one tonne per producer or importer per year and (ii) the substance is present in those articles above a concentration of 0.1 % weight by weight. There are exemptions from the notification obligation if the substance is already registered for the use or when exposure can be excluded.
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