Directive 2008/98/EC Art. 9(1)(i), as inserted by Directive (EU) 2018/851, read with REACH Art. 33
Duty to notify substances of very high concern in articles to the ECHA SCIP database
In short
Any company supplying an article on the EU market that contains a Candidate List substance of very high concern above 0.1% by weight must notify it directly to ECHA's SCIP database and pass safe-use information down the supply chain. In textiles the threshold is calculated per component, so a single trim, zip or coating can trigger it. Importers and manufacturers are covered; retailers selling only to consumers are not. Enforcement and penalties are national.
A Commission proposal of December 2025 would end the SCIP notification duty, but it has not been adopted and the duty still applies.
Where it sits
Chemicals. Fields: Cross-sector, Textiles.
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