On 28 May 2025 the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that it had received proposals for three substances as substances of very high concern (SVHC). The three substances have not yet been added to the SVHC intentions list on the ECHA website, and the consultation period ends in September 2025. Together with the two substances already on the intentions list, the list now contains five substances.

Status of SVHC substances

SVHC candidate list: 247 substances.

Pending substances: 1 (resorcinol).

SVHC consultation list: 3 substances.

SVHC intentions list: 5 substances.

Substance information

Where a substance on the REACH SVHC list exceeds the limit, the following obligations apply.

1. When sold as a substance, a safety data sheet must be provided to downstream users.

2. When present as a substance in a mixture at 0.1% or more, a safety data sheet must be provided to downstream users.

3. Where the mass fraction of an SVHC in an article exceeds 0.1%, sufficient information, at least the name of the substance, must be provided free of charge to the recipient of the article, or to consumers on request, within 45 days.

4. Notification obligations:

- for SVHCs added to the list before 1 December 2010, where the concentration in an article exceeds 0.1% by mass and the total quantity exceeds one tonne per year, notification to ECHA was due by 1 June 2011;

- for SVHCs added after 1 December 2010, under the same thresholds, notification must be completed within six months of listing.

In addition, the EU Waste Framework Directive requires that, since 5 January 2021, articles containing more than 0.1% of an SVHC and supplied to the EU must complete SCIP notification before being placed on the market.

NTEK services

- testing for substances of very high concern;

- testing of substances on the REACH restriction list and safety data sheets;

- SCIP notification training and coaching;

- regulatory training and consulting for companies.