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The SIN List is composed of chemicals evaluated by the environmental NGO ChemSec as meeting EU criteria for being Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under Article 57 of REACH, being either carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR), persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB), or posing an equivalent environmental or health threat., [1] [2]
The addition of a substance to the SVHC Candidate List [2] by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is the first step in the procedure for the authorisation or restriction of a chemical. [3] It is expected that industries operating in EU member states abide by the regulations of REACH and submit chemicals for consideration when appropriate. [4]
When listed in Annex XIV of the REACh regulation, a substance is therefore assigned a “sunset date” after which its use will be banned, unless an Authorisation is granted for a definite period of time. As of today (2022/03/02), 223 substances are listed on the Candidate List [6] and 54 substances (date 2022/03/02) are listed in the Annex ...
REACH also addresses the continued use of chemical substances of very high concern (SVHC) because of their potential negative impacts on human health or the environment. From 1 June 2011, the European Chemicals Agency must be notified of the presence of SVHCs in articles if the total quantity used is more than one tonne per year and the SVHC is ...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; / ˈ ɛ k ə / EK-ə) is an agency of the European Union working for the safe use of chemicals. It manages the technical and administrative aspects of the implementation of the European Union regulation called Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
The list was amended and republished in Directive 2001/59/EC. [2] The list was subsequently updated and republished in Directive 2006/102/EC. [3] The entirety of Directive 67/548/EEC, including these S-phrases, were superseded completely on 1 June 2015 by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 - Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulations. [1]
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On this basis, on 28 October 2008, the European Chemicals Agency decided to include HBCD in the SVHC list, [4] Substances of Very High Concern, within the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals framework. On 18 February 2011, HBCD was listed in Annex XIV of REACH and hence is subject to Authorisation.