EU Adds Eight More Entries to REACH Candidate List

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July 20, 2021Scott StephensBlog

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that it has added eight new entries, including several substance groups, to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) on 8 July 2021.

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The list, which is updated twice a year, now contains 219 entries that have been identified as SVHCs under the REACH Regulation's Title VII Authorisation process.
The new substances and substance groups—along with their reasons for inclusion as SVHCs (citing relevant articles of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH)) and example uses

Substance Name

 

CAS RN

 

 

Reason for Inclusion

 

 

Examples of Uses

 

2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers

-

Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)

Cleaning agents, cosmetics, in scented articles, polishes, and wax blends

Orthoboric acid, sodium salt 

13840-56-7

Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c) 

Not registered under REACH
May be used as solvent and corrosion inhibitor

2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane1,3-diol (BMP)

2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol, tribromo derivative/3-bromo-2,2-bis(bromomethyl)-1-propanol (TBNPA)

2,3-dibromo-1-propanol (2,3-DBPA)

3296-90-0

36483-57-5

1522-92-5 

96-13-9

Carcinogenic (Article 57 a)

BMP: manufacture of polymer resins and in one component foam (OCPF) application

TBNPA: polymer production manufacture of plastic products, including
compounding and conversion and as an intermediate

DBPA: registered as an intermediate

Glutaral

111-30-8

Respiratory sensitizing properties (Article 57f - human health)

Biocides, leather tanning, x-ray film processing, cosmetics

Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP) 
(UVCB substances consisting of more than or equal to 80% linear chloroalkanes with carbon chain lengths within the range from C14 to C17)

-

PBT (Article 57d)

vPvB (Article 57e)

Flame retardants, plasticizing additives in plastics, sealants, rubber, and textiles

Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched alkyl chains from oligomerization, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP)

-

Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)
Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57f - human health and environment)

Preparation of lubricant additive materials and of fuel system cleaners

1,4-dioxane

123-91-1 Carcinogenic (Article 57a)
Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to the environment (Article 57f -environment) 
Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to human health (Article 57f –human health)

Solvent

4,4'-(1-methylpropylidene) bisphenol

77-40-7 Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57f - human health and environment) Not registered under REACH 
May be used in manufacture of phenolic and polycarbonate resin


Separately, ECHA has added a note stating that a technical error led to the substance with CAS RN 251-823-9 (tetrahydro-4-methylphthalic anhydride) being mistakenly associated to an earlier Candidate List entry (hexahydromethylphthalic anhydride [including cis- and trans- stereo isomeric forms and all possible combinations of the isomers]). The ECHA says the associated substance has been removed from the Candidate List.

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Companies may have legal obligations resulting from the inclusion of substances in the Candidate List. These obligations may apply to the listed substance on its own, in mixtures, or in articles.

In particular, any supplier of articles containing a Candidate List substance above a concentration of 0.1% (weight by weight) has communication obligations toward customers down the supply chain and consumers. In addition, importers and producers of articles containing such substances have six months from the date of their inclusion in the Candidate List (8 July 2021) to notify the ECHA. Suppliers of substances on the Candidate List (supplied either on their own or in mixtures) have to provide their customers with a safety data sheet.

As of 5 January 2021, suppliers of articles on the EU market containing Candidate List substances in a concentration above 0.1% (weight by weight) must notify these articles to the ECHA’s SCIP database. This duty comes from the Waste Framework Directive. 








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