Three Substances Added to EU REACH SVHC List

EU REACH SVHC List now contains 250 Entries

On June 25, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of 3 substances to the EU REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate List.

This action brings the EU REACH SVHC Candidate List to 250 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 process as part of our Data Services.

The 3 new substances, as well as their reason for inclusion and common uses, are listed in the table below:

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 additions can be found here. The full SVHC-250 list can be found here. The last prior addition to the SVHC list was SVHC-247 in January 2024.

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 can help your company with EU REACH compliance by contacting us.