EU publishes SCIP notification data for SVHC substances

On September 14, 2021, the SCIP database has been opened to the public. About 6000 companies in the European Union have successfully fulfilled their obligation to submit information about SVHC substances in articles to the SCIP database. The SCIP database now includes notifications for more than 4 million articles. It is now possible to query the database by searching for the name of the article, brand, product category, material type or substance name. The opening of the data will help consumers to make more informed decisions by inquiring whether the product contains dangerous chemical substances and reading the safety instructions. Consumer choices can also help waste operators to further improve the recycling of goods and materials.

 

1. According to the information in the database, the common notification items are:

 

Machinery and its parts;

 

Measuring instruments and their parts;

 

Electronic and electrical products and their parts;

 

Vehicles and their parts;

 

rubber products;

 

furniture.

2. Common notified substances are:

 

Lead (e.g. in ball bearings, batteries);

 

Lead oxide (such as in lamps and vehicle parts);

 

Lead titanate (as in rice cookers);

 

Lead silicate (such as lead crystal utensils, vehicle paint);

 

To clone (such as paint, glue).

 

SCIP notification background

 

The full name of SCIP is Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products). The SCIP database is based on the Waste and Repealing Certain Directives (WFD Directives) to establish information on substances of high concern in articles or complex objects. database.

 

SCIP notification, that is, all substances of very high concern (SVHC) placed on the EU market with respect to REACH regulations and articles with a substance content of more than 0.1 wt% must be made by the EU manufacturers and assemblers, and EU importers. , EU distributors of items and other participants in the supply chain who put items on the market submit relevant information to the SCIP database. Starting from January 5, 2021, companies that meet the notification requirements are required to submit notifications to the SCIP database.

 

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