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Ref : EIC 230/6/14

28 June 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 513/2013

European Union (EU) * : Updates on the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 1087/2012 of 21 December 2012, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has further updated the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), adding 6 more substances to the list. For details, please refer to the press release ECHA/PR/13/26 issued by the ECHA, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.echa.europa.eu/en/web/guest/view-article/-/journal_content/title/
echa-updates-the-candidate-list-for-authorisation-with-six-new-substances-of-very-high-concern-svhcs-

DETAILS

2. According to REACH, chemicals, preparations and articles containing SVHC are subject to authorisation and notification requirements. The candidate list will be regularly updated when additional substances are identified to be SVHC. Interested parties are urged to check their potential legal obligations resulting from the inclusion of substances in the SVHC candidate list. A summary of the obligations linked to the candidate list can be found at this link:
http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/candidate-list-obligations

3. The updated candidate list of SVHC can be accessed through the following link:
http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/candidate-list-table

ENQUIRIES

4. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.