ECHA

The placing on the market and use of Substances of Very High Concern included in the Authorisation List requires an authorisation. A manufacturer, an importer or a downstream user can apply for an authorisation. Applications for authorisation are submitted to ECHA. At the end of the authorisation process, which includes a public consultation and the development of opinions by ECHA's Committees on Risk Assessment and Socio-economic Analysis, the European Commission decides on the granting or refusing of authorisations.

Public consultation

The application for authorisation process includes a period of public consultation.

Anyone can comment on the uses of the substance related to the application, in particular to provide information on alternative substances or technologies. Those most likely to be interested are companies, organisations representing industry or civil society, individual citizens, as well as public authorities. 

The public consultation lasts for eight weeks. 

Provide your comments

In order to facilitate the work of ECHA's Committees in reviewing the comments received, you are kindly invited to provide your comments in English preferably. By clicking on a link in the table below, you will get access to the full broad information on the use applied for, and to the related commenting form.

Comments are welcomed from the EU or beyond.

There are currently no ongoing consultations