A public consultation on two new SVHC Candidate List proposals began on March 2, 2015 and will continue through April 16, 2015. The new substances proposed for addition to the SVHC Candidate List are:

• 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C6-10-alkyl esters; 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, mixed decyl and hexyl and octyl diesters with ≥ 0.3% of dihexyl phthalate (EC No. 201-559-5)
• 5-sec-butyl-2-(2,4-dimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)-5-methyl-1,3-dioxane [1], 5-sec-butyl-2-(4,6-dimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)-5-methyl-1,3-dioxane [2] [covering any of the individual isomers of [1] and [2] or any combination thereof]

Assuming that no major discrepancies are identified during the consultation, the new SVHCs will likely be added to the SVHC Candidate List in June 2015.

The IEC 62474 validation team is currently assessing these substances to determine if they are constituents of EEE. The first substance is specified as a combination of two phthalates (neither of which is an SVHC) with small quantity (above 0.3%) of DnHP — this substance description is likely to be a challenge for the EEE supply chain to deal with.