ECHA submitted a proposal on 15 July 2022 to restrict the manufacture, use and sale of substances, mixtures and articles containing medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) and other substances containing chloroalkanes with carbon chain lengths from C14 to C17 ( EC-, CAS-).

The proposal will now be evaluated by ECHA’s Scientific Committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) and will be subject to consultation. The consultation will start after RAC and SEAC agree that the report is in conformity.

The Member State Committee agreed on 15 June 2021 to identify ‘MCCPs (defined as UVCB substances consisting of more than 80% or equal to 80% linear chloroalkanes with carbon chain lengths in the range C14 to C17)’ as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) on the basis of their identification as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) substances.