IMDS interface to SCIP database
Many companies in the automotive industry will also be obliged from January 2021 to additionally transmit the data of the SVHC they use to the new SCIP database. There will be new attribute fields as well as an interface from IMDS Release 13.0 (planned for March 2021) to the SCIP database to keep the effort as low as possible.
For newly created components, the following new attribute fields will be introduced:
- Article category/Taric codes
- Production in the EU
- Instructions for safe use
SCIP database to be launched on 28 October
On 28 October 2020 the SCIP database will go online and the first SVHC notifications can be submitted. All data entered into the prototype since February will then be deleted. As proclaimed by ECHA, the notification obligation for affected products will enter into force on 5 January 2021. When the notification obligation comes into force, a notification must be available in the SCIP database for all products on the market on that date. This means that companies now have just over two months to
New pure substances on the REACH Annex XIV list
On 2 October nine more pure substances were added to the REACH Annex XIV list. The list of the substances concerned can be found here.
Five of these substances are suspected to be toxic for reproduction, two are PBT substances (a chemical that is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic) and another two are vPvB substances (a chemical that is very persistent and very bioaccumulative).
All substances on the REACH Annex XIV list are subject to authorisation. For the new substances on the list
Correct implementation of the EU RoHS Directive
From time to time questions arise about the scope of EU Directive 2011/65/EU, also known as RoHS 2. RoHS 2 regulates the use and marketing of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in the European Union. Since RoHS 2 came into force, there have been numerous changes, which often leads to misunderstandings about its scope. For example, Directive 2011/65/EU was supplemented in 2015 by "Delegated Directive 2015/863". In the true sense of the word, this is not a new directive
