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Roundtable SCIP-Substances of Concern in Products
Participate in a roundtable session with senior experts from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
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EU SCIP Roundtable

Roundtable SCIP-Substances of Concern in Products
June 30, 2021 1:30 am EDT / 10:30 am PDT / 7:30 pm Central European Time 
Free for eligible companies / To Express Interest, Email morgane.horn@trade.gov    
(Also, please read about related webinars: EU SCIP Webinar)

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Mission to the EU are seeking 20 U.S. companies to participate in a 60-minute roundtable session with senior experts from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The session will allow for an open exchange of views and a constructive dialogue around specific problems faced by U.S. companies when submitting complex registration dossiers which contain a large number of notifications to the EU’s new Substances of Concern in Products (SCIP) database.

SCIP registration requirements apply to companies making any product – electrical or non-electrical – that contains any of the approximately 200 Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) cited in the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation will have to register this product with the SCIP database. Based on SCIP requirements:

  • Companies might need to show a SCIP ID number to do business in the EU.
  • U.S. companies with branch offices in Europe will have to register products directly into the SCIP database. 
  • U.S. exporters will be asked by their European customers for product information so the European buyer can meet SCIP database requirements. 

To facilitate the roundtable format, we ask that companies limit participation to one representative. Companies wishing to attend will have to fulfil the below requirements and will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. Participation is free of charge for companies that are eligible based on these requirements: 

  • Participants must be U.S. domiciled company or must have at least 51% U.S. content for exports to the EU.
  • Participants’ exports or the final product must fall under the purview of SCIP database requirements.
  • Participants must have submitted a significant number of notifications to the SCIP database (please quantify number of notifications submitted). 
  • Participants with experience in submitting oversized dossiers (1000+ notifications in one dossier) will be given priority. When registering your interest, please quantify number of notifications submitted and indicate number of oversized dossiers submitted.

Please note that this session will follow two webinars for companies familiarizing themselves with SCIP and companies with some experience with the SCIP database. Both sessions will feature presentations by ECHA as well as Q+A sessions. U.S. companies can register for those larger format webinars free of charge.

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