The Candidate List of SVHCs adds 6 New Substances, Updated to 197

       16 January 2019, ECHA added 10 new substances to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs). The authorization now contains 197 substances. The new substances to the Candidate List possess the carcinogenic, toxic to reproduction, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) properties.
       Following are the substances included in the Candidate List for authorization on 15 January 2019 and their SVHC properties:

#	Substance name	EC number	CAS number	Reason for inclusion	Examples of use(s)
1	2,2-bis(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methylpentane	401-720-1	6807-17-6	Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c)	No active registrations under REACH.
2	Benzo[k]fluoranthene	205-916-6	207-08-9	Carcinogenic (Article 57a) PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e)	Not yet registered under REACH.
3	Fluoranthene	205-912-4	206-44-0	PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e)	Not yet registered under REACH.
4	Phenanthrene	201-581-5	85-01-8	vPvB (Article 57e)	Not yet registered under REACH.
5	Pyrene	204-927-3	129-00-0	PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e)	Used as a transported intermediate for the manufacture of fine chemicals.
6	1,7,7-trimethyl-3-(phenylmethylene)bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one	239-139-9	15087-24-8	Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) - environment)	Not yet registered under REACH.

      Furthermore, one dossier submitter (the German competent authority) decided to withdraw its proposal to identify undecafluorohexanoic acid and its ammonium salt (PFHxA) as an SVHC during the MSC agreement-seeking process.
      CRT Testing reminds enterprises that, the product containing SVHC materials, whose content exceeds 0.1%, needs to inform ECHA. In later 6 months, the product containing more than 0.1% the concentration of a single SVHC in the article and the annual export volume is more than 1 ton, shall notify the ECHA. The list of SVHC updates twice a year.