Detail

From the perspective of companies manufacturing articles, REACH Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 consists primarily of the three core elements of the candidate list (information obligation) and Annexes XIV (authorization obligation) and XVII (restrictions). Below you will find the latest developments on these three substance lists, which directly trigger obligations, as well as on the upstream lists, which evaluate the substances for inclusion in REACH.

Restriction intentions - preliminary stage Annex XVII

List of substances proposed by Member States or ECHA for restriction under REACH (Annex XVII).

Withdrawn:

• 1,4-dioxane (EC: 204-661-8; CAS: 123-91-1)
• Bisphenols with endocrine disrupting properties for the environment and their salts [Need for revision of the dossier recognized, an updated proposal is expected]

Submitted:

• Octocrilene (EC: 228-250-8; CAS: 6197-30-4) [Cosmetic products: 0.001% (w/w)]

Opinion development:

• Certain chromium(VI) oxides, oxyacids and salts [if necessary, update of existing Annex XVII entry 47 on chromium VI; reason: authorization requirement according to Annex XIV generated unplanned many applications for authorization]
  • Cr VI: Sodium chromate (EC: 231-889-5; CAS: 7775-11-3)
  • Cr VI: Pentazinc chromate octahydroxide (EC: 256-418-0; CAS: 49663-84-5)
  • Cr VI: Potassium chromate (EC: 232-140-5; CAS: 7789-00-6)
  • Cr VI: Strontium chromate (EC: 232-142-6; CAS: 7789-06-2)
  • Cr VI: Ammonium dichromate (EC: 232-143-1; CAS: 7789-09-5)
  • Cr VI: Chromium trioxide (EC: 215-607-8; CAS: 1333-82-0)
  • Cr VI: Chromic acid (EC: 231-801-5; CAS: 7738-94-5)
  • Cr VI: Barium chromate (EC: 233-660-5; CAS: 10294-40-3)
  • Cr VI: Sodium dichromate (EC: 234-190-3; CAS: 10588-01-9)
  • Cr VI: Potassium hydroxyoctaoxodizincatedichromate(1-) (EC: 234-329-8; CAS: 11103-86-9)
  • Cr VI: Dichromic acid (EC: 236-881-5; CAS:13530-68-2)
  • Cr VI: Dichromium tris(chromate) (EC: 246-356-2; CAS: 24613-89-6)
  • Cr VI: Potassium dichromate (EC: 231-906-6; CAS: 7778-50-9)

Commission Decision:

• N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC); 1-ethylpyrrolidin-2-one (NEP) [See entry 80 and 81]
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) [See entry 50a]

Annex XVII Restricted substances - to be observed immediately

List of substances that may only be used under certain conditions or are subject to other restrictions.

Entry 50a: From April 22, 2026 50 mg/kg in clay dust targets

• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Entry 80: Limit value 0.3 % from December 23, 2026 or from June 23, 2029

• N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) (EC: 204-826-4; CAS: 127-19-5)

Entry 81: Limit value 0.3 % as of December 23, 2026

• 1-ethylpyrrolidin-2-one (NEP) (EC: 220-250-6; CAS: 2687-91-4)

Classification as substance of very high concern - precursor Candidate List

List of substances proposed by Member States or ECHA for classification as "Substances of Very High Concern" and subsequently for inclusion in the Candidate List.

Ongoing evaluation:

• n-hexane (EC:203-777-6; CAS: 110-54-3)
• 4,4'-methylenediphenol (EC: 210-658-2; CAS: 620-92-8)
• 4,4'-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethylidene]diphenol and its salts
• 1,1'-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene] (EC: 284-366-9; CAS: 84852-53-9)

Identified as SVHC:

• See 3 new entries Candidate List from June 25, 2025

Candidate list - preliminary stage Annex XIV; information obligation

List of substances of very high concern for authorization. These substances trigger the information obligation under REACH Article 33 and entry in the SCIP database.

3 new entries June 25, 2025:

• tetra(sodium/potassium) 7-[(E)-{2-acetamido-4-[(E)-(4-{[4-chloro-6-({2-[(4-fluoro-6-{[4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl]amino}-1,3,5-triazine-2-yl)amino]propyl}amino)-1,3,5-triazine-2-yl]amino}-5-sulfonato-1-naphthyl)diazenyl]-5-methoxyphenyl}diazenyl]-1,3,6-naphthalenetrisulfonate (Reactive Brown 51) (EC: 466-490-7; CAS: -)
• Decamethyltetrasiloxane (EC: 205-491-7; CAS: 141-62-8)
• 1,1,1,3,5,5,5-heptamethyl-3-[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]trisiloxanes (EC: 241-867-7; CAS: 17928-28-8)

Recommendation rounds for Annex XIV - Preliminary stage Annex XIV

List of substances on the Candidate List being evaluated by ECHA for inclusion in Annex XIV.

• The 12th recommendation round was published on February 08, 2024. The final recommendations have not yet been published.

Annex XIV Substances subject to authorization - to be considered immediately

List of substances that are banned after the so-called "sunset date" without authorization. Authorization can be applied for until the "latest application date".

• Last change: May 01, 2022, entries 55 to 59
• The last remaining "sunset dates" expired on May 01, 2025.
• This means that all substances listed in Annex XIV are banned without authorization.

Would you like to read more REACH updates from 2025? Then you can find the articles here:

→ Update REACH 2025.03 from June 10, 2025
→ Update REACH 2025.02 from March 10, 2025
→ Update REACH 2025.01 from January 13, 2025

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Author's note

This article has been machine translated into English.

TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The REACH Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) is a Europe-wide chemicals regulation. It regulates the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances. Its main objective is to protect human health and the environment from potential risks posed by chemicals and at the same time to promote the competitiveness of the chemical industry in the EU.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA ) is an EU body responsible for implementing the REACH Regulation. Its mission is to promote the safe use of chemicals in Europe and thus ensure the protection of humans and the environment.

SVHC stands for "Substance of Very High Concern", i.e. a substance of very high concern that is included on the candidate list of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).