The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has today published proposals to identify eleven chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and possible candidates for authorization. The detailed proposals are available on the ECHA website using the link at the end of this press release. Interested parties are invited to comment on the eleven proposals by 14 October 2010.
歐洲化學品管理局 2010 年 8 月 30 日公布了確定新 11 種高度關注物質及可能列入候選物質清單的建議。詳細的建議內容可通過本文引用的連結訪問歐洲化學品管理局官方網頁。有興趣的相關人員或機構可於 2010.10.14 前提交相關的建議議案。Three EU Member States - Austria, Germany and the Netherlands - have put forward proposals to identify eleven chemical substances as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Anyone can comment on these proposals within the next 45 days. Comments should focus primarily on the hazardous properties that qualify the chemicals as SVHCs. In addition, interested parties can provide comments and further information on the uses, exposures and availability of safer alternative substances or techniques. They should be aware that these aspects will mainly be considered at the next stage of the process (i.e. selection of substances for authorization), which includes a new round of public consultation. The Member State Committee will review these comments when seeking agreement on the identification of the substances as SVHC before ECHA includes them in the Candidate List, from which substances are selected for authorization. Substances on the Authorization List (Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation) can, after a transition period, only be used if a specific authorization is granted. 歐盟成員國-奧地利,德國,荷蘭已經提出建議確定新的 11 類化學物質為高度關注物質。任何人都可以在隨後的 45 日內對這些建議發表評論。評論應著眼於這些物質被確定為高度關注的有害特性。此外,有興趣的團體或人士可就用途、暴露風險以及更安全的替代物質或技術提出進一步的信息。他們應該知道這些方面將在下一過程(如選擇合適的物質進行授權使用等)得到主要關注,包括新一輪的公眾諮詢。該成員國委員會在歐洲化學品管理局將這些物質列入候選物質清單(在候選物質清單中將會挑選某些物質列入授權物質清單中)之前徵求將這些物質列入授權物質時將會審查這些評論意見。授權的高度關注物質在正式列入 REACH 法案附屬檔案 XIV 之後,在過渡期之後,僅可用於被授權的特定領域中。
There are already 38 substances on the Candidate List. Inclusion in that list means new information requirements for suppliers of products (mixtures and articles) containing the substances. The substances have been proposed because of their potentially serious effects on human health or the environment. Eight are carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or toxic for reproduction (CMR substances). The other three are proposed as being of equivalent concern than PBT substances (persistent, liable to bio-accumulate and toxic). The names of the substances, the reasons for their proposal as SVHC and their potential uses are provided below.