TE Connectivity issued/updated a REACH customer letter dated February 2026 that is directly relevant to TE’s internal “banned substances” framework used for product environmental compliance. The letter is a supplier/customer-facing compliance communication (not a government rule) explaining TE’s approach to: monitoring REACH SVHC Candidate List updates and Annex XIV (Authorisation) / Annex XVII (Restrictions) changes; providing SVHC information in Statements of Compliance to support REACH Article 33 communications for SVHCs present above 0.1% w/w; reflecting the “Once An Article Always An Article (O5A)” calculation approach; and reiterating SCIP notification obligations (noted as effective since 5 Jan 2021) with TE’s commitment to submit SCIP notifications where required. The letter also states that substances subject to applicable REACH restrictions are treated as “banned according to TE’s policy,” which can drive TE supplier declarations, material selection, and data-collection actions tied to TE’s banned substances expectations.
TE Connectivity published a customer letter dated January 2025 outlining its approach to PFAS within TE’s product environmental compliance program, which is part of TE’s broader banned/restricted substances expectations. The letter states TE is going beyond currently regulated PFAS and is querying its supply base for PFAS (CAS-number-based) presence across sellable products, and it highlights regulatory/compliance drivers (e.g., TSCA PFAS reporting, EU REACH universal PFAS restriction proposal, and evolving state PFAS product restrictions) as context for TE’s data collection and declarations. This is a company compliance communication (not a law), but it can require supplier responses, updated material declarations, and PFAS presence assessments to meet TE customer/supplier compliance expectations.
TE Connectivity published a customer letter dated 1 July 2024 providing a summary of substances in TE products and identifying multiple substance groups that TE treats as “banned according to TE policy” (e.g., certain POPs/halogenated substances, PFOS/PFOA, ozone-depleting substances, and other restricted categories referenced in the letter). While not a governmental regulatory change, this document is directly relevant to the TE Banned Substances framework because it communicates TE’s internal substance restrictions and ties them to underlying regulatory frameworks (e.g., REACH restrictions and POPs controls), which can trigger supplier declaration updates and internal materials governance.