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Ref.: EIC 230/6/14

12 July 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 593/2017

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 48/2017 of 13 January 2017, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has recently updated the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), adding the substance PFHxS to the list and updating entries for bisphenol A and four phthalates in the list to include endocrine-disruption properties for human health. For details, please refer to the press release ECHA/PR/17/14 issued by the ECHA, which can be accessed through the following link: https://echa.europa.eu/-/one-new-substance-added-to-the-candidate-list.

DETAILS

2.According to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (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/candidate-list-obligations.

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

ENQUIRIES

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

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 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.