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Your Guide to Managing SCIP Across the Global Supply Chain
The EU Substances of Concern (SCIP) Database is the European Union’s reporting requirement for REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in regulated articles and complex articles as directed by the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD). The SCIP database will serve as the central repository for the information submitted by supplier of articles and complex articles for the EU. 3E asks suppliers on behalf of mutual customers for the information required for the SCIP database.
SCIP Timeframe and Requirements
From 5 January 2021, companies supplying articles containing Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) on the Candidate List in a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight (w/w) on the EU market have to submit information on these article to The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) into the SCIP database.
The Impact of SCIP
The SCIP database ensures that the information on articles containing SVHC is available throughout the whole lifecycle of products and materials, including at the waste stage. The information in the database is transparent to consumers around the world and to waste operators. The transparency is intended to generate pressure to have SVHCs removed from products. ECHA emphasizes that the aim of the requirement is to promote substitution of hazardous chemicals in a circular economy, as well as to increase transparency among consumers about the presence of hazardous substances to better inform their purchasing choices and to provide information on how to best use and dispose of such articles. Enforcement and fines are up to the Member States.
Suppliers of relevant articles need to provide:
• Information that allows the article to be identified
• The name, concentration range and location of the SVHC in the article or complex article
• Possibly other information on the safe use of the article
Article 9 of the WFD contains the general requirements for providing this information to ECHA
How 3E Can Help
Our solution streamlines the exchange of material, product and supplier information throughout the global supply chain. 3E can stand as your single source of truth for supply chain compliance, creating an intelligent and actionable knowledge base for the origins, makeup and compliance status of your substances, components, articles, complex articles and products. Our team collects, validates and manages compliance documentation regarding EU REACH, SVHC and SCIP, to name a few, enabling you to meet requirements required by REACH Article 33, the Waste Directive and SCIP Database. Once example of needed data includes the presence of an SVHC and in which article or complex article and the corresponding SCIP number if the article or complex article has already been submitted to ECHA.
If you are being contacted by 3E for information you will be provided a supplier portal to submit the information required by SCIP and by your customer.
Once this information is collected System to System (S2S) capabilities can be provided from a link generated in the platform and then to the ECHA Information Management tool called IUCLID which is the portal to the SCIP database.
To address SCIP requirements, our Regulatory Consulting Services staff can serve as an extension of your own team, reducing the burden on your internal resources, decreasing the workload of compliance personnel and bridging any gaps in regulatory knowledge. We can leverage our industry-leading content, expertise and products to develop practical, effective compliance programs designed specifically to meet the needs of your organization.
You can learn more about SCIP in the following resources:
The Rule
REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
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