Albania has approved a Candidate List of substances of very high
concern (SVHC), similar to the European Union’s (EU’s) REACH Candidate List. It
will come into effect on April 13, 2022.
Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 222 of April 7, 2021,
creates a Candidate List containing 211 SVHCs and is an integral part of Law
No. 27/2016, the Chemical Management Law. Coming to effect in 2018, this was based
on two pieces of EU law:
- Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 on ‘Registration, Evaluation,
Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals’ (REACH) - Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on ‘Classification, Labeling and
Packaging of Substances and Mixtures’ (CLP Regulation)
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The Chemical Management Law contains 13 chapters and includes
provisions for, among other things, the creation of:
- Chemicals Office (Zyra e Kimikateve)
- Candidate List of SVHCs
- Authorization list of SVHCs
- Helpdesk for stakeholders
- Safety data sheets (SDSs)
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It also contains: restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the
market and use of certain dangerous substances, mixtures and articles;
requirements on the classification, labeling and packaging of substances and
mixtures; and obligations concerning fulfilling requirements based on
international agreements (Stockholm Convention, Rotterdam Convention and CLRTAP
protocols).
Article 16 of the Chemical Management Law places similar
requirements to Article 33 of REACH upon suppliers of an article containing a
substance on the Candidate List in a concentration of more than 0.1%. They must
provide the recipient of the article with sufficient information, available from
the supplier, to allow the safe use of the article including, as a minimum, the
name of the substance. Consumers may request this information and suppliers
have a duty to provide this information within 45 days.
Two other important pieces of legislation relating to the Chemical
Management Law have been published since its implementation:
- Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 489, dated June 29, 2016,
on approving the list of SVHCs, the criteria for the inclusion of substances in
the SVHC list and the issuance of a conditional authorization in order to
continue the use of SVHCs. This ‘Authorization List’ contains 31 SVHCs and
became effective in July 2016 - Decision of the Council of Ministers No. 319, dated May 15, 2019, relating
to restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain
dangerous substances, mixtures and articles. Applied since May 2021
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