SCIP

What is the SCIP database?

SCIP is the database for information on substances of concern In articles as such or in complex objects or products established under the Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

As part of the European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive (WFD) (2008/98/EC), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has built a database for storing safe-use information for substances of very high concern (SVHCs) present in articles placed on the market in the EU. It is referred to as the Substances of Concern In articles, as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP) database.

The EU, WFD and SCIP database are regularized by existing reporting requirements managed under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation;

The ECHA has outlined three goals for the database:

• Decrease waste containing hazardous substances by supporting substitutions of SVHCs in articles entering the EU market
• Increase transparency into product composition to improve waste treatment operations
• Allow for the monitoring of SVHC use in articles so appropriate actions may be taken at any stage of an article’s lifespan, including the wastage

Creating SCIP Dossiers in the IUCLID format

From January 5, 2021, the revised EU WFD requires all manufacturers, importers, and distributors within the EU to make submissions to the SCIP database. To do this, companies need to build and submit dossiers in the IUCLID format or leverage a solution like Assent’s that provides such services for companies, including system-to-system data transmission.

What information should be submitted to the SCIP database?

The SCIP database improves safety for waste operators and enhances their ability to process waste materials, including the potential to remove hazardous substances from materials before recycling, by providing the necessary information about hazardous substances. This increased transparency also aids consumers in making responsible purchasing decisions and disposing of waste safely, where appropriate.

Companies must provide sufficient information to allow for the safe use and disposal of articles when SVHC concentration is above threshold. 

This information should:

• Allows correct identification of the article
• Enable the name, concentration and location of the Candidate List substance(s) classifiable 
• Provide any information needed for the safe use of the article, especially anything that enables proper management in the wastage.

How Matcord simplifies the process:

• Collecting the EU WFD data, you need to create your SCIP dossiers.
• Generating reports on all EU WFD and SCIP data collected from suppliers.
• Analyzing their products for SVHC’s and its concentrations as per EU REACH regulation.
• If the parts contain SVHC’s more than 0.1% w/w weight by weight, then creating those articles in IUCLID tool and declaring all the necessary information by making it as a dossier.
• Submitting the dossiers to ECHA portal for evaluation
• Once the dossier is approved, the approved report and report number will be sent to customer

Conflict minerals

What are conflict minerals?

“Conflict minerals” as defined by the US legislation, currently include the metals tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold, which are the extracts of the minerals cassiterite, columbite-tantalite and wolframite, respectively. Downstream companies often refer to the extracts of these minerals as 3TG.

 How Matcord makes conflict-mineral-free supply chain easy

•      Matcord provides data checking, consulting, support and services for conflict minerals
•      Strategy and regulatory compliance assessments
•      Supplier product checking
•      Conflict minerals process workflow
•      Prioritization checking criteria
•      Conflict Minerals report audits, preparation and planning
•      Help customers prepare conflict-mineral-free supply chain

California prop 65

Proposition-65, officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, was enacted as a ballot initiative in November 1986. The proposition protects the state’s drinking water sources from being contaminated with chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to inform Californians about exposures to such chemicals.

Proposition 65 requires the state to maintain and update a list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.

What types of chemicals are on the Proposition-65 

 The list contains a wide range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals that include additives or ingredients in pesticides, common household products, food, drugs, dyes, or solvents. Listed chemicals may also be used in manufacturing and construction, or they may be byproducts of chemical processes, such as motor vehicle exhaust.

Our Prop 65 services – 

•  Supplier data checking and collection of declarations
•  Compliance assurance process implementation and certification
•  Preparing list of risk for California Prop 65 substances
•  Assisting in obtaining safe use determinations for your product(s) from OEHHA