SCIP - Substances of Concern In Products

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Contributing to a circular economy

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 (WFD).

Articles containing substances of very high concern (SVHCs) on the Candidate List at a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight (w/w) and placed on the EU market must be notified to ECHA, according to Article 9(1)(i) of the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC (WFD), as from 5 January 2021.

The SCIP database ensures that the information on articles containing Candidate List substances is available throughout the whole lifecycle of products and materials, including at the waste stage, and aims to allow consumers to make more informed purchasing choices and help waste operators to further develop the reusing of articles and the recycling of materials, therefore contributing to a safer circular economy.

The SCIP database complements the existing notification obligations for Candidate List substances in articles under REACH and its communication through the supply chain, according to Articles 7 (2) and 33 respectively.

In order to ensure compliance with both requirements, companies need to establish whether they are subject to such obligations. To this aim, companies must identify if Substances of Very High Concern are contained in the articles they place on the market. However, they do not always have the information in-house or there may be doubts about the reliability of existing information.

We can help manufacturers/producers, suppliers, importers and/or distributors to overcome difficulties that may arise when trying to identify which SVHC could be contained in articles and at what concentration, in order to identify if you have to fulfil certain legal obligations under WFD and REACH.

How can we support SCIP?

From dossier preparation all the way down to submission and reporting, our expert teams provide you with full assessment at every stage of the process, saving you from the heavy workload in a cost-effective manner.

Automated SCIP submmission

Eurofins companies, in partnership with CIRS, have upgraded the REACH compliance and chemical assessment service tool (GPM), by including a System-to-System (S2S) functionality for automated submission for SCIP notification.

Our tool previews future new SVHC additions to the list, on top of its standard functionalities, such as: supply chain survey, automated verification, risk assessment for new SVHCs, bulk notification, and more.

5 good reasons to partnership with us for SCIP submission

International state-of-the-art laboratory network with product and regulatory experts in 40+ countries
Over 10 years’ experience with ECHA submission
Thousands of REACH and SVHC testing, assessments and report verifications
Pioneers in the industry: Completed the first SCIP domestic automatic notification in June 2020
Frequent online trainings for suppliers (standard or bespoke)