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Wholehearted Assistance | REACH SVHC expands to 251 items!

On November 5, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) officially included 1,1’-(1,2-ethylenediyl)bis[5-bromophenyl] (decabromodiphenyl ethane, DBDPE) in the REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). As a result, the REACH SVHC list has now expanded to 251 substances.


The information on the newly added substance is as follows:


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REACH regulation stipulates that when the SVHC content in an item exceeds 0.1%, information transmission must be carried out within the supply chain; When the SVHC content in an item is greater than 0.1% and the annual export volume is greater than 1 ton, it must be reported to ECHA.


According to the EU Waste Framework Directive, starting from January 5, 2021, suppliers who release items with SVHC content exceeding 0.1% into the EU market should submit relevant information about the items to ECHA through the SCIP database.