reach refers to “registration,evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals”, which contains the registration,evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances in the productexported to eu. reachannex xvii has replaced 76/769/eec since june, 1, 2009, which contains more than 60 kinds ofchemical substances at present. for jewelry, the chemical substances limitedare mainly lead, cadmium, nickel release and phthalates, etc. inaddition, the jewelry also should meet svhcaccording to reach article 57.
regulations/standard | items | requirements |
reach annex xvii 23 | cadmium | plastic and metal:100ppm; surface coating: 1000ppm |
reach annex xvii 27 | nickel release | the skin: 0.5μg/cm2/week |
reach annex xvii 43 | azo | 30 ppm |
reach annex xvii 50 | pahs | for any of the rubber or plastic components that come into direct as well as prolonged or short-term repetitive contact with the human skin or the oral cavity, each of pahs [8p: bap, bep, baa, chr, bbfa, bjfa, bkfa, dbaha] should be less than1mg/kg. |
reach annex xvii 51 | phthalates | bbp dbp dibp dehp ≤1000 ppm. this new entry will be effective on 7th, july, 2020. |
reach annex xvii 63 | lead | 500 ppm |
reach svhc | svhc | 0.1% (note and notification may be required) any articles shall submit a notification to the agency if both the following conditions are met: (1) the substance is present in those articles above a concentration of 0,1 % weight by weight. (2) the substance is present in those articles in quantities totaling over 1 tons per producer or importer per year. |
