June 27, 2018
RCD REACH and Annex XVII Statement
SVHC-191 and Annex XVII-68
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) publishes the Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC)
Candidate and Annex XVII Restricted Substances (RS) Lists, adopted within the framework of
REACH. When adding a substance to either List, REACH imposes immediate obligations on
manufacturers and importers to declare, if present, these substances in their products. Article
33(1) of the REACH Regulation states that manufacturers and importers of articles (products)
are required to notify their customers of any SVHC presence exceeding 0.1% by weight in their
products, and provide instructions on safe product use. Annex XVII follows similar protocols;
however, with varying % by weight limits, “condition of restriction” defines the use of each RS.
RCD Components, Inc. declares that none of the SVHCs or RSs in the ECHA published lists are
present in quantities, greater than 0.1% or per “condition of restriction”, respectively, in our
standard resistor products described on the RCD Components, Inc. website:
www.rcdcomponents.com.
Please contact RCD directly (rohs@rcdcomponents.com) if you have any questions regarding
this certification.
The current and latest ECHA candidate materials can be found at the following websites:
SVHCs: https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table.
Annex XVII: https://echa.europa.eu/substances-restricted-under-reach
Dan Roy,
RCD Components Inc.
Quality Manager
RCD Components, Inc. 520 East Industrial Park Drive, Manchester, NH, USA 03109
Tel: (603) 669-0054 Fax: (603) 669-5455 www.rcdcomponents.com
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