EU REACH
April 9, 2025 | Written by GreenSoft Technology, Inc.
ECHA Seeking Comments on Proposed Additions to EU REACH SVHC List
EU REACH SVHC Update
On February 28, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched a public consultation period on a proposal to add three new substances to the restricted substance list under the EU REACH Regulation. If approved, the change would bring the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate list up to 250 entries.
The 3 proposed substances, as well as their reasons for proposal and common uses, are listed in the table below. Interested parties have until April 14, 2025 to submit comments and further information related to uses, volumes per use, exposure, alternatives and risks of the substance.
The EU REACH SVHC Candidate List currently has 247 entries. However, some entries are groups of chemicals, so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher.
The inclusion of substances in the EU REACH SVHC List brings immediate obligations for affected companies using the substances in their products above the stated threshold, including customer notification requirements and notifying ECHA through submissions to the SCIP Database. GreenSoft Technology can help with this EU REACH reporting process as part of our Data Services.
The 3 proposed substances are:
|
Substance Name |
EC Number |
CAS Number |
Reason for Proposing |
Examples of use(s) in Electronics |
|
1,1,1,3,5,5,5-h eptamethyl-3-[( trimethylsilyl)o xy]trisiloxane |
241-867-7 |
17928-28-8 |
Very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) (Article 57e) |
Used as a silane coupling agent/adhesion promoter for organic-inorganic hybrid materials and in electronic materials like self-assembly materials and contact printing materials. |
|
decamethyltetr asiloxane |
205-491-7 |
141-62-8 |
Very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) (Article 57e) |
Used as a heat transfer fluid and dielectric material in electronics. |
|
Reactive Brown 51 |
466-490-7 |
- |
Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) |
Used as a textile treatment product and dye; not typically found in electronics. |
ECHA’s announcement of the proposals can be found here. The full SVHC-247 list can be found here. The last prior addition to the SVHC list was SVHC-247 in January 2025.
GreenSoft Can Help with EU REACH Compliance
The EU REACH SVHC List is typically updated twice per year, resulting in affected companies needing to re-evaluate their product compliance and possibly re-collect substance data from their suppliers.
GreenSoft Technology helps manage this process for companies, including coverage for the SCIP Database, by performing data collection, data validation, substance calculations and report generation as part of our EU REACH data services.
Learn more about how our Data Services help your company with EU REACH compliance by contacting us.