ECHA Includes Nine New Hazardous Chemicals to Candidate List

 European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) adds nine chemicals in the Candidate List because of their hazardous properties. They are used for example in flame retardants, paints and coatings, inks and toners, coating products, plasticizers and in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

233 Entries in the Candidate List:

ECHA’s Member State Committee confirmed the addition of these substances to the Candidate List. The Candidate List now has 233 entries – some are groups of chemicals, so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher.

These substances may be placed on the Authorisation List in the future. If a substance is on that list, its use will be prohibited unless companies apply for authorization and the European Commission authorizes them to continue its use.

Entries added to the Candidate List on 17 January 2023 are as follows:

1) 1,1'-[ethane-1,2-diylbisoxy]bis[2,4,6-tribromobenzene]

2) 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromo-4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol

3) 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol

4) Barium diboron tetraoxide

5) Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate covering any of the individual isomers and/or combinations thereof

6) Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate

7) Melamine

8) Perfluoroheptanoic acid and its salts

9) reaction mass of 2,2,3,3,5,5,6,6-octafluoro-4-(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropan-2-yl)morpholine and 2,2,3,3,5,5,6,6-octafluoro-4-(heptafluoropropyl)morpholine

Consequences of the Candidate List:

Under REACH, companies have legal obligations when their substance is included – either on its own, in mixtures or in articles – in the Candidate List.

Suppliers of articles containing a Candidate List substance above a concentration of 0.1 % (weight by weight) have to give their customers and consumers information to be able to use them safely. Consumers have the right to ask suppliers whether the products they buy contain substances of very high concern.

Importers and producers of articles will have to notify ECHA if their article contains a Candidate List substance within six months from the date it has been included in the list (17 January 2023). Suppliers of substances on the Candidate List, supplied either on their own or in mixtures, have to provide their customers with a safety data sheet.

Under the Waste Framework Directive, companies also have to notify ECHA if the articles they produce contain substances of very high concern in a concentration above 0.1 % (weight by weight). This notification is published in ECHA’s database of substances of concern in products (SCIP).

Source: ECHA/SPECIALCHEM