December 19, 2012: ECHA adds 54 new SVHCs to the EU REACH Candidate List.

Manufacturers have an immediate obligation to be able to provide information on these SVHCs in their products above 0.1 percent of the article weight. The SVHC  Candidate List now contains 138 substances.  The International validation team for the IEC 62474 Declarable Substance List will begin assessing these substance to determine which substance may occur in electronics.