EU: Six New SVHC to be Added to Candidate List for Authorisation in January 2025
Targeted audience |
EU/EEA manufacturers, EU/EEA importers and their upstream providers, EU/EEA distributors |
Products concerned |
Consumer products |
Key industries concerned with this insight |
Chemicals, cosmetics, personal care products |
Application date |
January 2025 (expected) |
Main content or requirements |
On 16 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and its Member State Committee (MSC) reviewed six potential substances of very high concern (SVHC). The six potential substances of very high concern (SVHC) have been approved and will be added to the Candidate List for Authorisation in January 2025. After which, if these SVHC substances are present in an article component placed on the EU/EEA market in a concentration above 0.1%, then the supplier needs to submit an SCIP notification to ECHA. |
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On 16 December 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and its Member State Committee (MSC) reviewed six potential substances of very high concern (SVHC). The six potential substances of very high concern (SVHC) have been approved and will be added to the Candidate List for Authorisation in January 2025.
# |
Substance Name |
EC No. |
CAS No. |
Proposing Authority |
Reason for Proposing |
Uses(s) |
1 |
6-[(C10-C13)-alkyl-(branched, unsaturated)-2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl]hexanoic acid (Tetra-PSCA) |
701-118-1 |
2156592-54-8 |
Austria |
Toxic for reproduction (Article 57(c)) |
Lubricants, greases, release products, metal working fluids |
2 |
O,O,O-triphenyl phosphorothioate (TPPT) |
209-909-9 |
597-82-0 |
Netherlands |
PBT (Article 57(d)) |
Lubricants, greases, hydraulic fluids, metal working fluids |
3 |
Octamethyltrisiloxane |
203-497-4 |
107-51-7 |
Norway |
vPvB (Article 57(e)) |
Cosmetics, personal care products, health care products, pharmaceuticals, automotive care products |
4 |
Perfluamine |
206-420-2 |
338-83-0 |
Belgium |
vPvB (Article 57(e)) |
Heat transfer fluid for immersion cooling of semiconductor devices and servers |
5 |
Reaction mass of: triphenylthiophosphate and tertiary butylated phenyl derivatives |
421-820-9 |
192268-65-8 |
Netherlands |
PBT (Article 57(d)) |
Lubricants, greases, hydraulic fluids, metal working fluids |
6 |
Tris(4-nonylphenyl, branched) phosphite (TNPP) |
-- |
-- |
France |
Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) - environment) |
Antioxidant in polymers, adhesives, sealants, coating products |
If SVHC substances are present in an article placed on the EU/EEA market in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w, the EU/EEA supplier of that article needs to submit a SCIP notification to ECHA under the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD, Directive 2008/98/EC).
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