Two New SVHCs Added to Candidate List for Authorisation, SVHC updated to 211
On 19 January 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the SVHC Candidate List for authorisation as of January 2021, adding 2 new substances to the list. It now contains 211 substances.
The two substances are used in products, such as inks or toners and to produce plastics and rubber tyres. They were added to the Candidate List as they are toxic for reproduction and therefore, may adversely affect sexual function and fertility, and cause developmental toxicity in offspring.
Details of the addition to the list are as follows:
| # | Substance name | EC number | CAS number | Reason for inclusion | Examples of use(s) |
| 1 | Bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl)ether | 205-594-7 | 143-24-8 | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 (c)) | Solvent / extraction agent. |
| 2 | Dioctyltin dilaurate, stannane, dioctyl-, bis(coco acyloxy) derivs., and any other stannane, dioctyl-, bis(fatty acyloxy) derivs. wherein C12 is the predominant carbon number of the fatty acyloxy moiety | - | - | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 (c)) | Not registered under REACH. The mono-constituent form of the substance (dioctyltin dilaurate) is used as an additive in the production of plastics and rubber tyres. |
From 5 January 2021, if SVHC substances are present in an article placed on the EU market in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w, the supplier of that article needs to submit a SCIP notification to ECHA under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD, Directive 2008/98/EC).
After 5 January 2021, if substances present in an article as such or in a complex object placed on the EU market in a concentration above 0.1 % w/w are added to the Candidate List, the supplier of that article need to submit a new SCIP notification or update a previous submitted SCIP notification for that article at the time of the next supply or placement on the market to any customer or as a result of an import, after the substance has been included in the Candidate List.