SCIP stands for 'Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)'. It is a database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) into which companies must submit information about articles they place on the EU market that contain a substance of very high concern (an SVHC) above 0.1% of the article's weight. The point is that when the article eventually becomes waste, recyclers and waste operators can see what hazardous substances are inside it. The obligation to notify SCIP comes from the Waste Framework Directive (Art 9(1)(i)), but the trigger — an SVHC on the REACH 'Candidate List' present above 0.1% by weight — comes from REACH. The two operate together: REACH identifies the concerning substances and the 0.1% threshold; the Waste Framework Directive requires the resulting information to be sent to ECHA's public database. The duty has been live since 5 January 2021. It is not a future deadline you are preparing for — it already applies. It also has no minimum quantity: unlike some REACH duties there is no one-tonne-per-year floor, so even a single in-scope article triggers a notification. A December 2025 Commission proposal would repeal the SCIP database duty, but it is still an ongoing legislative procedure and has not changed the law. Clearlane continues to apply the current duty and monitors procedure 2025/0394(COD) before each legal-profile release. SCIP is separate from — and does not replace — the REACH Art 33 duty to pass safe-use information down the supply chain (and to consumers on request within 45 days). Fulfilling one does not discharge the other. Clearlane checks the SCIP source data and safe-use inputs; it does not expose an IUCLID filing until the remaining machine-format gates are proven.

SCIP-Leitfaden — clearlane

Q: Wann sind die Fristen?

SCIP duty live: The obligation to submit SCIP notifications has applied since this date. If you place in-scope articles on the EU market, you are already required to notify — there is no grace period left. Trigger — next placing on the market after Candidate-List inclusion: The duty crystallises when you next supply or place the article on the market after its SVHC is added to the Candidate List. There is NO fixed six-month window for SCIP (that six-month rule belongs to the separate REACH Art 7(2) SiA notification) and no tonnage threshold. In practice the Candidate List is updated about twice a year, so re-check your articles on each update.

Q: Wie funktioniert die Umsetzung konkret?

Collect datapoints: The notification describes a specific article, so you first record what it is (name, primary identifier, article category from the TARIC/CN list), whether it is made or imported in the EU, which Candidate-List substance it contains and at what concentration, how to use it safely, and — for a complex object — its component tree. This is the information ECHA's format requires. Validate: ECHA runs programmed validation rules on submission and a dossier fails if a mandatory field is missing or malformed. Clearlane deterministically checks the cited datapoints it has pinned — mandatory inputs, the six concentration ranges and Candidate-List membership. ECHA's complete BR/quality-rule catalogue is not yet mirrored, so this completeness result is not a guarantee of registry acceptance. Completeness check: The law is explicit that responsibility for the quality, accuracy and completeness of the submitted data always remains with the duty holder — ECHA performs no content quality check. So each article carries a reproducible, cited completeness evidence bundle: a deterministic record of what was checked, not an AI opinion. Notify ready: Once every mandatory datapoint is present, Clearlane packages a cited notification-readiness report. The record remains VERIFIED rather than READY while the complete IUCLID phrase-code mappings and v6 XSD closure are unpinned; no dossier download is offered from understandable form labels alone.

Was ist SCIP?

SCIP stands for 'Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)'. It is a database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) into which companies must submit information about articles they place on the EU market that contain a substance of very high concern (an SVHC) above 0.1% of the article's weight. The point is that when the article eventually becomes waste, recyclers and waste operators can see what hazardous substances are inside it.

QuelleWFD 2008/98/EC Art 9(1)(i); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

The obligation to notify SCIP comes from the Waste Framework Directive (Art 9(1)(i)), but the trigger — an SVHC on the REACH 'Candidate List' present above 0.1% by weight — comes from REACH. The two operate together: REACH identifies the concerning substances and the 0.1% threshold; the Waste Framework Directive requires the resulting information to be sent to ECHA's public database.

QuelleWFD 2008/98/EC Art 9(1)(i); REACH (EC) 1907/2006 Art 33(1) + Art 59(10) · erfasst am 2026-07-12

The duty has been live since 5 January 2021. It is not a future deadline you are preparing for — it already applies. It also has no minimum quantity: unlike some REACH duties there is no one-tonne-per-year floor, so even a single in-scope article triggers a notification.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.1, Table 1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

A December 2025 Commission proposal would repeal the SCIP database duty, but it is still an ongoing legislative procedure and has not changed the law. Clearlane continues to apply the current duty and monitors procedure 2025/0394(COD) before each legal-profile release.

QuelleEUR-Lex COM(2025) 986 final / procedure 2025/0394(COD) (ongoing) · erfasst am 2026-07-14

SCIP is separate from — and does not replace — the REACH Art 33 duty to pass safe-use information down the supply chain (and to consumers on request within 45 days). Fulfilling one does not discharge the other. Clearlane checks the SCIP source data and safe-use inputs; it does not expose an IUCLID filing until the remaining machine-format gates are proven.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.1, §1.5, Table 1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Wer muss SCIP einhalten?

Any EU-established supplier that places an in-scope article on the EU market must notify: EU producers and assemblers, EU importers (importing is treated as placing on the market), and EU distributors or other supply-chain actors. The single exemption is narrow and role-conditioned: an eligible retailer or other downstream actor supplying articles directly AND exclusively to consumers is out. It does not exempt a producer, assembler or importer, and a downstream supplier that serves any business customer is in.

QuelleREACH Art 3(33) + Art 3(10)/(11); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.2, Table 1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

A non-EU manufacturer has no SCIP duty. The obligation lands on the first EU importer that places the article on the EU market — so if you import goods, the non-EU supplier must pass you the substance data and you notify ECHA.

QuelleREACH Art 3(10)/(11)/(12); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.2 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Betrifft mich das?

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Are you an EU-established supplier that places articles on the EU market?
A non-EU manufacturer has no SCIP duty — it lands on the first EU importer that places the article on the EU market.
- Yes
- No
- Not sure
What is your supply-chain role for these articles?
EU producers, assemblers and importers remain duty holders. A distributor, retailer, or other downstream supplier is excluded only when it serves consumers directly and exclusively.
- Producer
- Assembler
- Importer
- Distributor / retailer / other downstream supplier
- Not sure
Are your products articles, or mixtures/substances?
An article is an object whose shape or design determines its function (a bag, a tool). A mixture is a liquid, powder, or granule.
- Articles
- Both articles and mixtures
- Only mixtures / substances
- Not sure
Do your articles contain a Candidate List substance of very high concern above 0.1% by weight?
- Yes
- No
- Not sure
Do you supply these articles directly and exclusively to consumers (never to businesses)?
- Yes, only to consumers
- No, at least some to businesses
- Not sure

Wann sind die Fristen?

5. Januar 2021
SCIP duty live
The obligation to submit SCIP notifications has applied since this date. If you place in-scope articles on the EU market, you are already required to notify — there is no grace period left.
QuelleWFD 2008/98/EC Art 9(1)(i) + Art 9(2) · erfasst am 2026-07-12
5. Januar 2021
Trigger — next placing on the market after Candidate-List inclusion
The duty crystallises when you next supply or place the article on the market after its SVHC is added to the Candidate List. There is NO fixed six-month window for SCIP (that six-month rule belongs to the separate REACH Art 7(2) SiA notification) and no tonnage threshold. In practice the Candidate List is updated about twice a year, so re-check your articles on each update.
QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.4, Table 1; contrast REACH Art 7(2) · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Wie funktioniert die Umsetzung konkret?

Collect datapoints
The notification describes a specific article, so you first record what it is (name, primary identifier, article category from the TARIC/CN list), whether it is made or imported in the EU, which Candidate-List substance it contains and at what concentration, how to use it safely, and — for a complex object — its component tree. This is the information ECHA's format requires.
QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) Tables 2-6 · erfasst am 2026-07-12
Validate
ECHA runs programmed validation rules on submission and a dossier fails if a mandatory field is missing or malformed. Clearlane deterministically checks the cited datapoints it has pinned — mandatory inputs, the six concentration ranges and Candidate-List membership. ECHA's complete BR/quality-rule catalogue is not yet mirrored, so this completeness result is not a guarantee of registry acceptance.
QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.4; §2.3.1.1-2.3.1.2 · erfasst am 2026-07-12
Completeness check
The law is explicit that responsibility for the quality, accuracy and completeness of the submitted data always remains with the duty holder — ECHA performs no content quality check. So each article carries a reproducible, cited completeness evidence bundle: a deterministic record of what was checked, not an AI opinion.
QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.4 · erfasst am 2026-07-12
Notify ready
Once every mandatory datapoint is present, Clearlane packages a cited notification-readiness report. The record remains VERIFIED rather than READY while the complete IUCLID phrase-code mappings and v6 XSD closure are unpinned; no dossier download is offered from understandable form labels alone.
QuelleECHA cloud services / Submission portal (SCIP submissions are free); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Was bedeuten die Begriffe?

SVHC (substance of very high concern)

A substance that meets a REACH Art 57 criterion — carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMR 1A/1B), persistent-bioaccumulative-toxic (PBT/vPvB), or of equivalent concern (e.g. an endocrine disruptor). ECHA identifies SVHCs; Clearlane does not judge SVHC status, it consumes the published list.

QuelleREACH (EC) 1907/2006 Art 57; ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.3.1.1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Candidate List

ECHA's list of SVHCs that are candidates for eventual authorisation. A substance is 'on the Candidate List' if it has been formally identified as an SVHC. It is published under REACH Art 59(10) and updated usually twice a year. Presence on this list (above 0.1% w/w) is what triggers the SCIP duty.

QuelleREACH Art 59(10); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.3.1.1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Article

Under REACH, an object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design that determines its function more than its chemical composition does — a screw, a cable, a chair. Substances and mixtures on their own are not articles.

QuelleREACH (EC) 1907/2006 Art 3(3) · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Article-as-such

The most granular or basic article unit — the leaf of the component tree. In a complex object it is the individual part that actually carries the SVHC concern element, and the 0.1% test is applied to it, not to the whole assembly.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.3, p.25 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Complex object

An object made up of more than one article joined or assembled together (for example a bicycle, made of frame, chain, tyres). Its SCIP notification links each concerned component down to the article-as-such carrying the SVHC.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.3, Table 5 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

O5A — 'once an article, always an article'

The rule that the 0.1% w/w threshold is checked for each article as produced or imported, and an object that is an article stays an article even after being assembled into something bigger. So a 0.15% SVHC content in a small O-ring inside an engine is in scope even though it is a tiny fraction of the whole car — the concentration is never diluted across the finished product.

QuelleECJ judgment 10 Sept 2015, Case C-106/14; ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.3 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

0.1% w/w threshold

Weight-by-weight: the SVHC's mass as a fraction of the article's mass. Above 0.1% (one part in a thousand) at the article level, the SCIP duty is triggered. All six of ECHA's pre-defined concentration ranges are above this threshold.

QuelleREACH Art 33(1); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §1.3, §2.3.1.2 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Safe-use information

The information a supplier must provide so the article can be used safely across its whole life cycle, including the waste stage. In a SCIP notification you choose one path: state that identifying the substance is sufficient for safe use, or provide explicit safe-use instructions. ECHA does not allow both choices in the same Article record.

QuelleREACH Art 33(1); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) Table 4 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Article category (TARIC/CN)

A mandatory SCIP field: the article's category chosen from a harmonised list based on the EU integrated Tariff (TARIC) and Combined Nomenclature (CN) customs codes.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) Table 2 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Primary article identifier

The mandatory key that manages your notification in the ECHA portal — a type (EAN, GTIN, GPC/UPC, catalogue number, part number, or self-defined) plus its value. It is required for technical reasons, so the portal can update the right notification later.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) Table 2 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

SSN — Simplified SCIP Notification

A shortcut for distributors: instead of building a full i6z dossier you enter your supplier's article-specific SCIP number in the portal and get your own SCIP number to pass on. If the supplier updates their dossier, your SSN updates automatically — but you remain responsible for the correctness of what you referenced.

QuelleECHA 'Tips for preparing simplified SCIP notifications'; ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §3.5 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

IUCLID i6z dossier

The machine-readable file format of a SCIP notification — a single '.i6z' (IUCLID 6 zip) archive containing inter-related notification data. ECHA accepts portal uploads and System-to-System submissions. Clearlane has pinned the current v6 definitions, but arbitrary customer dossier generation stays gated until the remaining phrase mappings and XSD closure are proven.

QuelleECHA SCIP format / IUCLID 6; ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.1 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

EC number / CAS number

The two standard substance identifiers. The EC (European Community) number is ECHA's identifier; the CAS number is the Chemical Abstracts Service registry number. Each Candidate-List entry carries these where available, and Clearlane uses them as the join key to confirm a declared substance is on the list.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN) §2.3.1.1, Table 6 · erfasst am 2026-07-12

Was passiert bei Nichteinhaltung?

Enforcement is national: each EU Member State must set effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties. Operationally, a missing or incorrect notification also prevents a downstream distributor from reliably referencing the expected SCIP number, so the data gap propagates through the supply chain.

QuelleWFD 2008/98/EC Art 36 (Member-State penalties); ECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' §2.4 (duty holder remains responsible for data quality) · erfasst am 2026-07-14

Technische Referenzen

Das präzise, prüfbare Material hinter diesem Leitfaden — Formate, Fehlerbedeutungen und kostenlose Tools.

QuelleECHA 'Information requirements for SCIP notifications' (ECHA-20-H-16-EN, Oct 2020); WFD 2008/98/EC Art 9(1)(i); REACH (EC) 1907/2006 Art 33(1)/Art 3(33)/Art 59(10); ECJ Case C-106/14 · scip@1.0.2