27 June 2018, ECHA added 10 new substances to the Candidate List, which includes TMA and DCHP due to their respiratory sensitising properties and toxic for reproduction and endocrine-disrupting properties, respectively.
10 Substances included in the Candidate List for authorisation on 27 June 2018 and their SVHC properties are as follows:
Substance Name | EC Number | CAS Number | Reason for Inclusion | Examples of Use(s) | |
1 | Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) | 209-136-7 | 556-67-2 | PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) | Used in washing and cleaning products, polishes and waxes and cosmetics and personal care products. |
2 | Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) | 208-764-9 | 541-02-6 | PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) | Used in washing and cleaning products, polishes and waxes, cosmetics and personal care products, textile treatment products and dyes. |
3 | Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) | 208-762-8 | 540-97-6 | PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) | Used in washing and cleaning products, polishes and waxes, cosmetics and personal care products. |
4 | Lead | 231-100-4 | 7439-92-1 | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) | Used in metals, welding and soldering products, metal surface treatment products, and polymers. |
5 | Disodium octaborate | 234-541-0 | 12008-41-2 | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) | Used in anti-freeze products, heat transfer fluids, lubricants and greases, and washing and cleaning products. |
6 | Benzo[ghi]perylene | 205-883-8 | 191-24-2 | PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) | Not registered under REACH. Normally not produced intentionally but rather occurs as a constituent or impurity in other substances. |
7 | Terphenyl hydrogenated | 262-967-7 | 61788-32-7 | vPvB (Article 57e) | Used as a plastic additive, solvent, in coatings/inks, in adhesives and sealants, and heat transfer fluids. |
8 | Ethylenediamine (EDA) | 203-468-6 | 107-15-3 | Respiratory sensitising properties (Article 57(f) - human health) | Used in adhesives and sealants, coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, pH regulators and water treatment products. |
9 | Benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid 1,2 anhydride (trimellitic anhydride) (TMA) | 209-008-0 | 552-30-7 | Respiratory sensitising properties (Article 57(f) - human health) | Used in the manufacture of esters and polymers. |
10 | Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) | 201-545-9 | 84-61-7 | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) - human health) | Used in plastisol, PVC, rubber and plastic articles. A further use is also as a phlegmatiser and dispersing agent for formulations of organic peroxides. |
C&K Testing reminds enterprises that, the product containing SVHC materials, whose content exceeds 0.1%, needs to inform ECHA. In later 6 months, the product containing more than 0.1% the concentration of a single SVHC in the article and the annual export volume is more than 1 ton, shall notify the ECHA. The list of SVHC updates twice a year.
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