ECHA

The REACH Regulation requires that ECHA recommends from the "Candidate List" priority substances for inclusion in Annex XIV of REACH (the "Authorisation List") and for these substances proposes Annex XIV entries (i.e. transitional arrangements and, where relevant, exemptions and review periods) to the European Commission, taking into account the opinion of the Member State Committee. The European Commission finally decides, by "committee procedure" (with scrutiny), which substances will be included in Annex XIV and with which entries.

REACH requires ECHA to make a recommendation at least every second year.

ECHA's Annex XIV Recommendations:

In addition to its recommendations, ECHA provides the European Commission with several background documents which give more details and justifications regarding the recommendation and, where relevant, the proposals for the Annex XIV entries:

General approach documents for the third recommendation:

     General approach for Prioritisation of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) for Inclusion in the List of Substances Subject to Authorisation: this document describes the general approach taken by ECHA for prioritising the substances that were listed on the list of candidate substances for inclusion in Annex XIV (the "Candidate List") by 15 December 2010.

Results of the prioritisation of the SVHCs

General approach for defining the Annex XIV entries: this document describes the general approach taken by ECHA for developing its draft Annex XIV entries (e.g. application and sunset dates, exemptions for certain uses) for the substances which have been prioritised by 15 December 2010.