COMMENTS ON AN ANNEX XV DOSSIER FOR IDENTIFICATION OF A SUBSTANCE AS SVHC AND RESPONSES TO THESE COMMENTS

Substance name:	 Dihexyl phthalate	
CAS number:	 84-75-3	
EC number:	 201-559-5	

The substance is proposed to be identified as meeting the following SVHC criteria set out in Article 57 of the REACH Regulation: Art. 57 (c)

Disclaimer: Comments provided during the public consultation are made available in this document as submitted by the commenting parties. It was the commenting parties own responsibility to ensure that their comments do not contain confidential information. The Response to Comments table has been prepared by the competent authority of the Member State preparing the proposal for identification of a Substance of Very High Concern. RCOM has not been agreed by the Member State Committee nor has the document been modified as result of the MSC discussions. The table does not contain any confidential information.

PART I: Comments and responses to comments on the SVHC proposal and its justification

General comments on the SVHC proposal
Number	Date	Submitted by (name, Organisation/MSCA)	Comment	Response	
5	2013/10/17	Member State
Norway	The Norwegian CA supports that Dihexyl phthalate should be identified as a substance of very high concern and should be included in the Candidate List.	Thank you for your support.	
1	2013/09/22	Company
ANDA Technology(Suzhou)Co.,Ltd
China	All materials supplied to STATS ChipPAC	Comment registered.	

Specific comments on the justification
Number	Date	Submitted by (name, Organisation/MSCA)	Comment	Response	
4	2013/10/15	Member State
Belgium	Belgium supports the proposal to identify dihexyl phthalate as SVHC, based on article 57(c) of the REACH Regulation as the substance will be classified as Repr. Cat. 1B.
Even though the substance is not yet listed in Annex VI of the CLP Regulation (EC), the REACH Committee gave its favorable opinion on the draft Regulation (ATP of Annex VI)  including DnHP as Repro. Cat.1B, via written procedure in May 2013.	Thank you for your support.	
3	2013/10/15	International NGO
ChemSec
Sweden	ChemSec supports the German proposal to list Dihexyl phthalate to the REACH candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) on the basis of meeting the criteria for classification as toxic for reproduction (Art. 57 c).

The substance will be listed in Annex VI, part 3, Table 3.1 of the CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272 as Repr. 1B [see Commission Regulation (EU) No 944/2013 of 2 October 2013 amending the CLP Regulation].
The listing of Dihexyl phthalate on the SVHC candidate list is therefore justified according to Art. 59 (2) of REACH.

We thank the German government for their engagement in environmental and human health protection.	Thank you for your support.	
2	2013/09/25	Trade union
European Trade Union Confederation
Belgium	ETUC supports the identification of Dihexyl phthalate as SVHC.	Thank you for your support.	
1	2013/09/22	Company
ANDA Technology(Suzhou)Co.,Ltd
China	All materials supplied to STATS ChipPAC	Comment registered.	

PART II: Comments and responses to comments on uses, exposures, alternatives and risks

Specific comments on use, exposure, alternatives and risks
Number	Date	Submitted by (name, Organisation/MSCA)	Comment	Response	
6	2013/10/17	National Authority
Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt
Austria	According to the Spin Database Dihexyl phthalate is only used in Sweden and there only in an amount of ca 3 tons a year. We support Dihexyl phthalate tob e included in the authorisation process very soon. The small amount in use now might increase if there will be the chance to substitute phthalates that are further in the authorisation process with Dihexyl phthalate.	Thank you for your support.	
1	2013/09/22	Company
ANDA Technology(Suzhou)Co.,Ltd
China	All materials supplied to STATS ChipPAC	Comment registered.