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SCIP — Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)

SCIP is the ECHA database that receives notifications about articles containing Candidate List substances above 0.1% by weight, established under the Waste Framework Directive so that waste operators can see what they are handling. It duplicates much of what REACH Article 33 already requires but demands its own submission, its own identifiers and its own data structure. Suppliers who have answered a REACH questionnaire have usually not thereby produced a SCIP notification.

What it obliges you to do

  • Submit a notification per article containing a Candidate List substance above 0.1% w/w
  • Maintain article identifiers and the concentration ranges declared
  • Update notifications when the Candidate List or the article changes
  • Reuse supplier SCIP numbers where a component supplier has already notified

Latest activity

No machine-readable feed reaches SCIP yet. We ingest the US Federal Register and legislation.gov.uk; neither carries instruments under this name, and the EU publishers that would — ECHA, EUR-Lex, the Commission — refuse automated requests. The primary sources above are the record to watch. This is a gap in available feeds, not an indication that nothing is changing.

Does SCIP actually apply to your products?

Scope is the part a summary cannot answer. Send us your product families and target markets and a steward will tell you which obligations attach, what evidence you would need, and what is already covered by declarations you hold.

  • A written read on whether SCIP applies to your range
  • The evidence gaps that would surface in an audit
  • No obligation, and no sales sequence attached

Ask about SCIP

Not legal advice. This page describes a regulatory framework in general terms and is maintained by people, not generated from the legislature. Requirements change, and scope depends on your product, your role in the supply chain and your markets. Confirm the current consolidated text before acting — or ask us to check it against your portfolio.