ANTONIO CONTO
Chemsafe, Colleretto Giacosa (TO), Italy

SCIP is the database for information on Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products) established under the Waste Framework Directive (Directive 98/2008/CE - WFD).

The obligation raises from article 9.2 by which the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has established the SCIP database by 5 January 2021.

As from 5 January 2021, 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 been requested to submit information on these articles to ECHA.

As for Reach regulation (Art. 57) Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) are:

PBT Substances 

vPvB Substances

CMR Cat. 1, 2 substance

and...substances of equivalent concern with scientific evidence of probable serious effects (e.g. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals)

The obligation is very similar to that of REACH article 33 (information of the supply chain about SVCH in article in concentration above 0.1%). However, the two obligations are independent and do ...