How can producers or importers of articles find information on whether an SVHC has already been registered for use in a particul

The Guidance on Requirements for Substances in Articles (http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/guidance-documents/guidance-mainly-for-i...) clarifies the possibilities that companies have to verify whether a substance has been registered for a particular use. It should be noted that the sameness of both the substance identity and the use must be ensured.

Sources of such information are e.g. the safety data sheets, supply chain communication and trade associations. The ECHA website also provides information from registration dossiers. The amount of available information will often be larger for EU-producers of articles than for importers of articles. Thus it may often be easier - particularly for importers of articles - to notify an SVHC in an article than to document that the substance has already been registered for the particular use in the specific article.