ECHA consultation opened on draft recommendation to add four substances to the REACH Authorisation List (Annex XIV) – comments due 2 May 2026

ECHA opened a public consultation on its draft recommendation to add four substances (currently on the REACH Candidate List as SVHCs) to the REACH Authorisation List (Annex XIV). Stakeholders are invited to submit comments (e.g., information on uses, volumes, supply chain impacts, and potential exemptions) by 2 May 2026. This is a key SVHC-to-authorisation pipeline step: if the European Commission later adds these substances to Annex XIV, continued use/placing on the market after applicable sunset dates would require authorisation for non-exempt uses, affecting manufacturers, importers, and downstream users.