Europe is required to notify three new countries by SCIP

On October 25, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that amendments to the Waste Framework Directive (WFD Directive, Directive 2008/98/EC) will be extended to the European Economic Area (EEA), which will be implemented
on November 7.

Even articles currently circulating in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway containing more than 0.
1% (w/w) of SVHCs are also subject to SCIP notification
in accordance with the regulations.

What exactly is a SCIP notification? What types of products may need to be notified? Let's move on:

What is a SCIP advisory?

SCIP notification, full name Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products), that is, substances of concern in the article itself or complex items
.

According to the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD Directive 2008/98/EC): From 5 January 2021, all articles circulating in the EU containing more than 0.
1% (Substances of Very High Concern) (SVHCs) (w/w) are required to submit a notification to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), a requirement we call SCIP
。

ECHA will collect and collate the notification information submitted by enterprises and establish a SCIP database
.
Currently, the SCIP database has more than 8.
9 million notification documents
from more than 8,600 companies in the EU.

What types of products may require notification?

At present, the most common products in SCIP database notifications mainly include measuring instruments and their components, vehicles and their components, rubber products, textiles, furniture, etc
.

Businesses or consumers can obtain information
in the SCIP database by searching for article names or identifiers, article categories, material/mixture types, substances of very high concern, and reasons for inclusion.