The ECHA updates REACH-IT to allow submission of notifications for substances in articles as required by their laws.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on April 13, 2011, that it has updated REACH-IT to allow submission of notifications for substances in articles. Beginning June 1, 2011, companies must notify the ECHA what substances are present in articles they produce or import that were included on the substances of very high concern (SVHC) Candidate List before Dec. 1, 2010, if both of the following conditions are met:

• The SVHC is present in those articles at a volume of more than 1 metric ton per manufacturer/importer per year; and
• The SVHC is present in those articles above a concentration of 0.1 percent weight by weight (w/w).

The ECHA states that, to explain the actual submission process, it developed a new data submission manual for substances in articles. To facilitate the submission of the information required to complete a notification, ECHA is making available pre-filled substance datasets in IUCLID 5.3 format for all substances on the Candidate List. According to ECHA, these datasets contain information on substance identification, classification, and labeling and they can be downloaded from the Candidate List webpage. More information is available online at this URL link.