Position Statement on SVHC

Position Statement

Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)*.

Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC’s)

Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC’s) are described in a “candidate list” published by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), and can be found on their website at:
http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/candidate-list-table
This was last updated 19th December 2012.

Proposals are also constantly being made by Member States for substances to be included in the “candidate list”.  These are published on the ECHA website at:
http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/registry-of-current-svhc-intentions
This was last updated 18th April 2012.

Substances requiring Authorisation under REACH are listed in Annex XIV of the Regulation and also these can be found listed on the ECHA website at:
http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/addressing-chemicals-of-concern/authorisation/recommendation-for-inclusion-in-the-authorisation-list/authorisation-list
This was last updated on 20th June 2012

Based on our knowledge of product  composition and the manufacturing processes employed, Arizona Chemical's products do not contain any substances of very high concern in the above mentioned lists in concentrations > 0.1%.

Issue Date: January 9th 2013  
   
Issued By: Colin Rogers, Product Regulatory Manager

Address: PO Box 60053, 1320AB Almere, The Netherlands.
 
Validity:  This statement consists of 1 page and is valid at the date of issue.

* European Union: Regulation 1907/2006: OJ L396 30.12.2006 p1 (as amended) 

REACH - Position Statement - SVHC's (pdf)