How do you submit/
make a notification?
There are two possibilities to submit yournotification: via a webform or via REACH-IT(using IUCLID).
The webform is recommended for all notifiers,
especially those who are not familiar with IUCLID.
You need to create a REACH-IT account and thenfollow the instructions in the webform to fill out
and submit the notification.
If preferred, the notification can instead be madeusing the IUCLID software (version 5.4), which canbe downloaded free of charge from the IUCLID
5 web page. It is then submitted via REACH-IT.
The Data Submission Manual (Part 20) provides
detailed and illustrative assistance to successfully
carry out the notification in IUCLID.

Further information
ECHA website
http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/regulations/reach/candidate-list-substances-in-articles/
notification-of-substances-in-articles
How to submit a notification
http://echa.europa.eu/support/dossiersubmission-tools/reach-it/notifying-substancesin-articles
Candidate List
http://echa.europa.eu/chem_data/authorisation_
process/candidate_list_table_en.asp
Guidance on requirements for substances inarticles
http://guidance.echa.europa.eu/public-2/getdoc.
php?file=articles_en
The REACH regulation, see Article 7
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:136:SOM:EN:HTMLecha.europa.eu
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Notification of Substances ofVery High Concern (SVHC)
in articles
Legal obligation for importers andproducers of articles in the EU

Producers and importers of articles such as
furniture, construction products and clothingmust, under certain conditions, notify ECHA if any
Candidate List substance (Substance of Very HighConcern) is contained in their articles.

Can you be exempted fromnotification?

What you need to consider
when notifying

Companies are not obliged to submit a notification if:

The Candidate List is a list of substances that havebeen officially identified in the EU as being of very
high concern due to their hazardous properties inrelation to the environment and/or human health.

• they can exclude exposure of humans andthe environment during normal or reasonably
foreseeable conditions of use, including disposal• the substance is already registered for that use.

Does my article contain a Candidate List substance?
There are different ways in which producers andimporters can find out whether a substance includedin the Candidate List is present in their article.
In many cases, they can receive this informationfrom actors in their supply chain. Chapter 5 of theGuidance on requirements for substances in articles
can be consulted for more information.

Who needs to notify?
The notification is mandatory for producers and/orimporters if both of the following conditions are met:
• the Candidate List substance is present in thearticles they produce and/or import at a total of>1 tonne per producer/importer per year
• the substance is present in those articles above
a concentration of 0.1% (weight by weight).

It might, however, prove more time consuming
and/or costly to properly document exclusionof exposure or to find out if the use is alreadyregistered, than to prepare and submit thenotification.

When to notify?
The notification of substances in articles should bemade at the latest 6 months after the substancehas been included on the Candidate List. TheCandidate List is normally updated twice a year, inJune and December.

©iStock photoProducers and importers are advised to update thenotification if the information they have included
has undergone changes. Examples of such changes
could be: change in tonnage range, production/
import of different articles containing the same
SVHC (with e.g. different use) etc.

How much of the Candidate List substance does myarticle contain?
Once producers and importers have establishedthat their article contains a substance includedin the Candidate List, the next issue they needto address is its concentration in the article todetermine whether the threshold of 0.1% is reached.
If the article has several different components, theconcentration should be calculated in relation to thearticle as produced or imported. This means that if
a car is imported, the concentration in the whole carcan be calculated. If a hubcap for a car is imported,
it is the concentration in the hubcap that should becalculated.
Section 4.4 of the REACH guidance on requirements
for substances in articles provides furtherexplanation and some examples on how to proceed.
If the total amount of the substance in the imported
or produced articles (containing >0.1% of thesubstance) is >1 tonne per producer or importer per
year, a notification should be submitted.
What else do I need to know?
Other important information that needs to beincluded in the notification dossier is the type ofarticle, the function of the substance in the article
and a description of the use of the article.