Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern
for Authorisation

Substances that are included in the Candidate List have been identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). These substances may have very serious and often irreversible effects on humans and the environment. Substances on the Candidate List may subsequently become subject to authorisation by decision of the European Commission.
Substances are added to the Candidate List by ECHA. The inclusion of a substance in the List may have legal obligations on companies. These obligations are linked to the listed substances:

• on their own
• in preparations
• present in articles

The Candidate List (the list will be regularly updated when more substances are identified as SVHC)

What are the consequences of a substance appearing
on the Candidate List

Duty to communicate information on substances in articles
An ‘article’ is an object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design which determines its function to a greater degree than does its chemical composition

Suppliers of an article containing a substance that appears on the Candidate List in a concentration above 0.1 % weight by weight (w/w) shall provide the recipient of the article with sufficient information, available to the supplier, to allow safe use of the article including, as a minimum, the name of the substance (Article 33). This applies when the article is supplied to recipients who are to use it as part of their work.

Equivalent information should be supplied to consumers (the general public) if it is requested. The supplier has the duty to provide this information within 45 days of receipt of this request.

Section 8.9 of the "ECHA Guidance on requirements for substances in articles" gives more advice on how to communicate this information.

ECHA published Candidate list (October 2008) defining
Substances of Very High Concern

Substance identification		Date of inclusion
Substance Name	EC (CAS No.)
Triethyl arsenate	427-700-2	28.10.08
Anthracene	204-371-1	28.10.08
4,4'- Diaminodiphenylmethane (MDA)	202-974-4	28.10.08
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)	201-557-4	28.10.08
Cobalt dichloride	231-589-4	28.10.08
Diarsenic pentaoxide	215-116-9	28.10.08
Diarsenic trioxide	215-481-4	28.10.08
Sodium dichromate	234-190-3 (7789-12-0 and 10588-01-9)	28.10.08
5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene)	201-329-4	28.10.08
Bis (2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)	204-211-0	28.10.08
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and all major diastereoisomers identified: Alpha-hexabromocyclododecane Beta-hexabromocyclododecane Gamma-hexabromocyclododecane	247-148-4 and 221-695-9 (134237-50-6) (134237-51-7) (134237-52-8)	28.10.08
Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins)	287-476-5	28.10.08
Bis(tributyltin)oxide (TBTO)	200-268-0	28.10.08
Lead hydrogen arsenate	232-064-2	28.10.08
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)	201-622-7	28.10.08

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