During the last week of October, the SCIP database will open for submitting notifications to comply with the EU legal obligations ahead of the mandatory requirement that comes into effect on 5th January 2021, as outlined in the Waste Framework Directive.
SCIP is the database for information on Substances of Concern in articles or in complex objects (Products) established under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD).
Companies supplying articles containing substances of very high concern (SVHCs) on the Candidate List in a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight (w/w) on the EU market have to submit information on these articles to ECHA, as from 5 January 2021. The SCIP database ensures that the information on articles containing Candidate List substances is available throughout the whole lifecycle of products and materials, including at the waste stage. The information in the database is then made available to waste operators and consumers.
SVHC are defined in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (“the REACH Regulation”) and include substances which are: Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or toxic to Reproduction (CMR), meeting the criteria for classification in category 1 or 2 in accordance with Directive 67/548/EEC.
Want to know more?
Check out this SCIP infographic that explains what you need to know and what you have to do.
ECHA, the European Chemical Agency will host a webinar entitled “Getting ready for submitting SCIP notifications” on 19 November to learn more about how to prepare your SCIP notifications. You will get a demo of how to create and submit a SCIP notification and have a chance to familiarise yourself with the tools that can be used to refer to information already successfully submitted to the SCIP database. Use the opportunity also to ask questions from our experts.
