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# SCIP

> SCIP is the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) database of Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products). Established under the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), it requires suppliers to notify articles containing an SVHC above 0.1% weight by weight before placing them on the EU market.

SCIP is the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) database of Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products). Established under the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), it requires suppliers to notify articles containing an SVHC above 0.1% weight by weight before placing them on the EU market.

SCIP stands for Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products). The notification obligation has applied since 5 January 2021. Any EU supplier of an article — manufacturer, importer, distributor — must submit a SCIP dossier to ECHA whenever an SVHC from the Candidate List is present above the 0.1% threshold, identifying the article, the substance, its location and safe-use information.

The database makes substance-of-concern data publicly searchable for waste operators and consumers. For a Digital Product Passport, an existing SCIP notification is a ready source of the hazardous-substance data the DPP needs — the same article identity and SVHC concentration can be reused rather than re-collected.

## FAQ

### Who has to submit a SCIP notification?

Any EU supplier of an article that contains an SVHC above 0.1% weight by weight — producers, assemblers, importers and distributors. Retailers supplying only to consumers are exempt, but everyone upstream of them is not.

### How is SCIP different from a REACH SVHC declaration?

The SVHC duty under REACH is to communicate safe-use information in the supply chain; SCIP is the specific ECHA database notification mandated by the Waste Framework Directive. Both are triggered by the same 0.1% SVHC presence, but SCIP is a structured dossier submitted to ECHA, not just downstream communication.

## Related terms

- [SVHC](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/svhc)
- [ESPR](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/espr)
- [Digital Product Passport (DPP)](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/digital-product-passport)