The reference for product compliance.

Product Compliance

The umbrella term for everything a product must satisfy before it can be sold, covering legal rules and customer requirements, of which chemical compliance is one part.

REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

REACH

The EU's overarching chemicals regulation, requiring registration of substances and managing risk through the SVHC Candidate List, authorisation and restriction.

RoHS: Restriction of Hazardous Substances (Directive 2011/65/EU)

RoHS

An EU directive that restricts ten hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, enforced through CE marking and a Declaration of Conformity.

SVHC: Substance of Very High Concern

SVHC

Under REACH, a substance with serious effects on human health or the environment. SVHCs are placed on the Candidate List and trigger communication and notification duties.

CE Marking

CE marking

The manufacturer's own statement that a product meets the EU rules that apply to it. For electronics that includes RoHS. It is self-declared, not a quality mark, and not issued by any authority.

Declarable Substance: Obligation vs. Interest

Declarable Substance

A substance you have to report in a material declaration, distinct from one you merely watch because its status may change.

SCIP: Database for Substances of Concern In articles (Products)

SCIP

An ECHA database that collects information on Candidate List SVHCs in articles, so the data reaches waste operators and consumers across a product's whole life cycle.

How It All Connects: The Compliance Landscape

How it connects

A visual map of how international treaties, EU regulations, and data standards fit together, and how substance data flows from a supplier all the way to a CE mark.