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

On the basis of the Biocidal Products Regulation, ECHA has launched a consultation on boric acid (EC 233-139-2, CAS No 10043-35-3) and disodium tetraborate pentahydrate (EC 215-540-4, CAS No 12179-04-3) as new potential candidates for substitution. The deadline for comments is 27 October 2020. Boric acid acts as a fungicide and insecticide and is used by industrial, professional and non-professional users as a preventive and curative wood preservative for wood and construction timber in service

On 1 September, two proposals to identify new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) were submitted to ECHA: Bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl)ether (CAS number 143-24-8) Dioctyltin dilaurate, stannane, dioctyl-, bis(coco acyloxy) derivs., and any other stannane, dioctyl-, bis(fatty acyloxy) derivs. wherein C12 is the predominant carbon number of the fatty acyloxy moiety. Both substances are suspected to be toxic to reproduction. Bis(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl) ether is used as a solvent/extractant