SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 142.23 to provide stakeholders with an overview of two pieces of interconnected legislation for the reporting of hazardous substances in waste-generating products in France.

Issued in September 2023, the two pieces of legislation are:

• Order of August 30, 2023, relating to the identification of hazardous substances in products generating waste
• Order of August 30, 2023, relating to the provision of information on the presence of hazardous substances in products generating waste by means of an application (Scan4Chem)

These related to France’s Decree No. 2020-105 on the ‘Fight Against Waste and the Circular Economy’, which established Article L541-9-1 and requires producers and importers to provide consumers with, among other things, information about the presence of hazardous substances in waste-generating products (substances, mixtures or articles) in an electronic format.

Decree No. 2021-1285 of October 2021 then states there are two lists of hazardous substances for waste-generating products:
• Substances of very high concern on the Candidate List under Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH)
• Substances giving rise to an equivalent level of concern as the Candidate List above that are established by (national) legislation after consultation by the National Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES)

Under Order of August 30, 2023, two chemicals have been established on the list of substances giving rise to an equivalent level of concern as SVHC on the Candidate List:
• Diisooctyl phthalate (DIOP, CAS 27554-26-3)
• 1,3-benzenediol (resorcinol, CAS 108-46-3)

The two pieces of interconnected legislation became effective on September 15, 2023.

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Dr. HingWo Tsang
Global Information and Innovation Manager
Tel: (+852) 2774 7420

Pascale Lambert-Desmurs
Expert Global Contact Alimentaire et Chimie E&E
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