8 new substances to be identified as SVHC by ECHA

2021-03-31

In the context of the authorization process, Member States Competent Authorities and/or the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), on request of the European Commission, could prepare Annex XV dossiers for the identification of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC).

Substances that may have serious and mostly permanent effects on human health and environment can be recognized as substances of very high concern (SVHCs) and can include substances which are:

Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or toxic to Reproduction (CMR),
Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) or very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative (vPvB)
Also, those substances which are identified, on a case-by-case basis, from scientific evidence that causing likely severe effects to human health or the environment (e.g. endocrine disrupters)

When a substance is recognized as SVHC, it will be added to the Candidate List and further eventually it will be included in the Authorisation List. Following are the substances that are listed and may be included in the Candidate List. Proposals have been sent to submit the comments during the consultation.

Name	EC Number	CAS Number	Proposing authority	Reason for proposing	Date of publication	Deadline for commenting
1,4-dioxane	204-661-8	123-91-1	Germany	Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects on the environment (Article 57f) Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects on human health (Article 57f)	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
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)	221-967-7 253-057-0 202-480-9	3296-90-0 36483-57-5 1522-92-5 96-13-9	Norway	Carcinogenic (Article 57a)	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and its individual stereoisomers	-	-	Sweden	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
4,4'-(1-methylpropylidene)bisphenol; (bisphenol B)	201-025-1	77-40-7	France	Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) - environment AND human health	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
Glutaral	203-856-5	111-30-8	Sweden	Respiratory sensitising properties (Article 57(f) - human health)	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
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]	-	-	ECHA	PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
Orthoboric acid, sodium salt	237-560-2	13840-56-7	Sweden	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)	09/03/2021	23/04/2021
Phenol, alkylation products (mainly in para position) with C12-rich branched or linear alkyl chains from oligomerisation, covering any individual isomers and/ or combinations thereof (PDDP)	-	-	Germany	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) – human health) Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) – environment)	09/03/2021	23/04/2021

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