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QUALITY & STANDARDS been disclosed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), but the first installment of the SVHC candidate list is not expected to be published and made official until spring 2009. Recently, the ECHA has added two of the candidate substances (Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (short chained chlorinated paraffins and bis (tributyltin) oxide) to Annex XIV because of the lack responses surrounding these two particular substances. Are these 16 the only ones that companies have to worry about in the short term? Not necessarily. The ECHA may choose to add other priority substances based on associated hazards and volume of sales prior to publication. It is commonly understood across many industries that the candidate list will be comprised of substances designated as Carcinogenic, Mutagenic, and Reproductive Toxins (CMRs), Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBTs), and very Persistent very Bioaccumulative (vPvB) substances. The SVHC list of substances is expected to include thousands of substances. In fact, lists of substances expected to someday belong to the SVHC list have been generated and published by both the automotive and aerospace industries in Europe and contain more than 1,000 substances they are recommending that their members avoid, restrict and/or eliminate from their products. There are immediate and long term expectations for substances declared SVHCs. As mentioned previously, communication and notification of the presence and use of the SVHC will be required to reduce health and environmental risks posed by the presence of the SVHC. In the future, the ECHA will require that manufacturers or importers of articles containing SVHCs seek authorization for continued use of the SVHC in their products. Ultimately, the ECHA may restrict or outright ban the use of the SVHC in specific applications. If a company’s product contains an SVHC, it is a good idea for it to seek alternatives and create a substitution plan well in advance of action by the ECHA. The substance in the article exceeds 1 tonne per year per producer or importer. The particular substance is not currently registered for that particular use with the ECHA. For articles that contain SVHCs the producer or importer is required to notify the ECHA of the presence of SVHCs. This notification follows a distinct process from that of registration. The circumstances under which the producer or importer is required to notify the ECHA of an SVHC are as follows: The SVHC present in the article exceeds a concentration of 0.1 percent by weight of the article. The substance in the article exceeds 1 tonne per year per producer or importer. Where the substance exceeds the 0.1 percent by weight criterion, the producer or importer is to communicate the presence of the SVHC to downstream users and provide A Product of its Environment Problem: The operating environment inside your particular appliance may cause thermal controls to act differently than you expected. Solution: 1 Involve a Pepi sales engineer 2 Choose the right control 3 Customize to meet application needs ® Pepi® thermal controls can be customized in a variety of ways to ensure reliability in virtually any application. To learn more about how easy and affordable it is to get the right device for your particular application, visit our special Proto • Type web site. www.pepiusa.com/prototype.html Only Pepi® thermostats and thermal protectors offer so many options in fit, configuration, cost and customization. For a close look send for our new Disc-Type and Conductive-Type Catalogs today. Mandate and timeline The REACH Regulation has made it mandatory for producers or importers of articles to register the substance with the ECHA if that substance meets the following criteria: The substance is intended to be released through the normal or foreseeable use of the product. www.applianceDESIGN.com .com AD04084Port.indd 1 www.pepiusa.com Portage Electric Products, Inc. N. Canton, OH U.S.A. salesinfo@pepiusa.com • 1-888-GO4-PEPI applianceDESIGN appliance November 2008 35 3/10/08 9:33:26 AM http://www.pepiusa.com/prototype.html http://www.pepiusa.com http://www.pepiusa.com http://www.appliancedesign.com

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