8 March, 2018, The ECHA conducts public consultation on eight substances of very high concern identification proposed by member states and agencies. If a substance is identified as a SVHC, it will be added to the Candidate List for eventual inclusion in the Authorization List.
The information of eight substances is as follows:
Name EC Number CAS Number Proposing
authority Reason for
proposing Benzo[ghi]perylene 205-883-8 191-24-2 Denmark PBT (Article 57
d) vPvB (Article 57e) Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane
(D4) 209-136-7 556-67-2 Germany PBT (Article
57d) vPvB (Article
57e) Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane
(D5) 208-764-9 541-02-6 Germany PBT (Article
57d) vPvB (Article
57e) Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane
(D6) 208-762-8 540-97-6 ECHA PBT (Article
57d) vPvB (Article
57e) Ethylenediamine 203-468-6 107-15-3 ECHA Respiratory
sensitising properties (Article 57(f) - human health) Lead 231-100-4 7439-92-1 Sweden Toxic for
reproduction (Article 57c) Disodium
octaborate 234-541-0 12008-41-2 Sweden Toxic for
reproduction (Article 57c) Terphenyl
hydrogenated 262-967-7 61788-32-7 Finland vPvB (Article 57e)
The deadline for public comment on the proposal is 23 April, 2018.
Member States or the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), on request of the European Commission, may propose a substance to be identified as an SVHC by preparing a dossier in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex XV to REACH. The Annex XV reports can be found by selecting the "Details" button in the table listing the substances that are proposed. All interested parties are invited to submit comments on such reports during the public consultation.
C&K Testing reminds enterprises to pay close attention to the information about SVHC, and strengthen the cooperation with professional testing agencies, so as to make sure the product is compliant and prevent the subsequent risk efficiently.
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