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The addition of a substance to the SVHC Candidate List [2] by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is the first step in the procedure for the authorisation or restriction of a chemical. [3] It is expected that industries operating in EU member states abide by the regulations of REACH and submit chemicals for consideration when appropriate.
The SIN List is composed of chemicals evaluated by the environmental NGO ChemSec as meeting EU criteria for being Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under Article 57 of REACH, being either carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR), persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB), or posing an equivalent environmental or health threat., [1] [2]
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has published the REACH Authorisation List, [28] in an effort to tighten the use of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). The list is an official recommendation from the ECHA to the European Commission. The list is also regularly updated and expanded.
The authorisation procedure is one of the regulatory tools of the European regulation (EC) REACH n°1907/2006 aiming to ban the use of substances of very high concern included in the Annex XIV of REACH, so as to replace them with technically and economically feasible alternatives.
ECHA has to ascertain that companies comply with the legislation, advances the safe use of chemicals, provides information on chemicals and addresses chemicals of concern. It is located in Helsinki, Finland and is operational since 2007. ECHA is an independent and mature regulatory agency established by REACH.
Following the confirmation of vPvB properties, KEMI considered it appropriate to prepare and submit a substance of very high concern (SVHC) dossier. [20] On January 17, 2023, TBPH made it onto the Candidate List of SVHCs, which is the first step for follow-up regulatory action at the EU level. [21]
In December 2012, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) included the substance group “4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated” – which includes Triton X-100 – in the Candidate List of substances of very high concern [9] of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation which addresses ...
In January 2020, PFBS and its salts were added to the REACH Regulation Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) on the grounds of "Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to human health (Article 57(f) – human health)" and "Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to the environment ...