Restrictive Substances

It is the responsibility of the supplier to comply with the Restricted Substance Requirements listed below:

Banned and Controlled Substances

  1. Mercury, mercury containing compounds, and articles: in accordance with EU regulations for RoHS compliance.
  2. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 provides Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with authority to require reporting, record-keeping and testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures. Certain substances are generally excluded from TSCA, including, among others, food, drugs, cosmetics, and pesticides. The full list of chemicals on the TSCA can be found on the EPA Agency Website: https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-toxic-substances-control-act
  3. High priority chemicals: a list of 20 chemicals under evaluation by the EPA to determine its risk of injury to health or the environment.
    1. p-Dichlorobenzene
    2. 1,2-Dichloroethane
    3. trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
    4. o-Dichlorobenzene
    5. 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
    6. 1,2-Dichloropropane
    7. 1,1-Dichloroethane
    8. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) (1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,2- dibutyl ester)
    9. Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) (1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1-butyl 2-(phenylmethyl) ester)
    10. Di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) (1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,2-bis(2-ethylhexyl) ester),
    11. Di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,2-bis-(2-methylpropyl) ester),
    12. Dicyclohexyl phthalate
    13. 4,4'-(1-Methylethylidene) bis [2,6-dibromophenol] (TBBPA)
    14. Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP)
    15. Phosphoric acid, triphenyl ester (TPP)
    16. Ethylene dibromide,
    17. 1,3-Butadiene
    18. 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta [g]-2-benzopyran (HHCB)
    19. Formaldehyde
    20. Phthalic anhydride
  4. Substances included in the Stockholm convention (Persistent Organic Pollutants):
    1. Aldrin   
    2. Chlordane
    3. Chlordecone
    4. Decabromodiphenyl ether (commercial mixture, c-decaBDE)
    5. Dicofol
    6. Dieldrin
    7. Endrin  
    8. Heptachlor         
    9. Hexabromobiphenyl
    10. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)
    11. Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether
    12. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
    13. Hexachlorobutadiene
    14. Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane
    15. Beta hexachlorocyclohexane
    16. Lindane
    17. Mirex
    18. Pentachlorobenzene
    19. Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters
    20. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
    21. Polychlorinated naphthalenes
    22. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
    23. Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds
    24. Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs)
    25. Technical endosulfan and its related isomers
    26. Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether
    27. Toxaphene
    28. 1,1'-(2,2,2-Trichloroethane-1,1-diyl) bis (4-chlorobenzene) (DDT)
    29. Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)
    30.  Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
    31. Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD)
    32. Pentachlorobenzene
    33. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
    34. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD)
    35. Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF)
    36. Polychlorinated naphthalenes
  5. Polychlorinated Biphenyls: any class of toxic aromatic compounds, often formed as waste in industrial processes, whose molecules contain two benzene rings in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine atoms.
  6. Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS): include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), halons, methyl bromide, carbon tetrachloride, hydrobromofluorocarbons, chlorobromomethane, and methyl chloroform. ODS are generally stable in the troposphere and degrade under intense ultraviolet light in the stratosphere.
  7. Dual-use Products:  items which may have both commercial and military or proliferation applications, such as hardware, software, technology, blueprints, design plans and technical information. These items may require an export license.
  8. Products related to Prior Informed Consent (PIC): governs the trade of certain hazardous chemicals that are banned or severely restricted in the EU.  ECHA has a list of 287 chemicals.
  9. Products subject to Excise Duties: Excise duties are indirect taxes levied on alcohol and Hydrocarbons.
  10. Radioactive Products: Source material (uranium and thorium), Special nuclear material (enriched uranium and plutonium), and byproduct material (material that is made radioactive in a reactor, and residue from the milling of uranium and thorium). 
  11. Select Agents/Controlled Toxins: biological agents and toxins that have been determined to have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety, to animal and plant health, or to animal or plant products.
    1. Abrin 
    2. Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis 
    3. Botulinum neurotoxins 
    4. Botulinum neurotoxin producing species of Clostridium 
    5. Conotoxins (Short, paralytic alpha conotoxins containing the following amino acid sequence X1CCX2PACGX3X4X5X6CX7) 
    6. Coxiella burnetii
    7. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
    8. Diacetoxyscirpenol 
    9. Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus 
    10. Ebola virus 
    11. Francisella tularensis 
    12. Lassa fever virus
    13. Lujo virus
    14. Marburg virus 
    15. Mpox virus 
    16. Reconstructed replication competent forms of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus containing any portion of the coding regions of all eight gene segments (Reconstructed 1918 Influenza virus)
    17. Ricin 
    18. Rickettsia prowazekii
    19. SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) 
    20. SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses resulting from any deliberate manipulation of SARS-CoV-2 to incorporate nucleic acids coding for SARS-CoV virulence factors
    21. Saxitoxin 
    22. Chapare
    23. Guanarito
    24. Junin
    25. Machupo
    26. Sabia
    27. Staphylococcal enterotoxins (subtypes A, B, C, D, E) 
    28. T-2 toxin 
    29. Tetrodotoxin 
    30. Far Eastern subtype 
    31. Siberian subtype 
    32. Kyasanur Forest disease virus 
    33. Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus 
    34. Variola major virus (Smallpox virus) 
    35. Variola minor virus (Alastrim) 
    36. Yersinia pestis 
    37. Bacillus anthracis 
    38. Bacillus anthracis Pasteur strain
    39. Brucella abortus
    40. Brucella melitensis
    41. Brucella suis
    42. Burkholderia mallei 
    43. Burkholderia pseudomallei 
    44. Hendra virus
    45. Nipah virus
    46. Rift Valley fever virus
    47. Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus 
    48. African horse sickness virus
    49. African swine fever virus
    50. Avian influenza virus 
    51. Classical swine fever virus 
    52. Foot-and-mouth disease virus 
    53. Goat pox virus
    54. Lumpy skin disease virus
    55. Mycoplasma capricolum 
    56. Mycoplasma mycoides 
    57. Newcastle disease virus 
    58. Peste des petits ruminants virus
    59. Rinderpest virus 
    60. Sheep pox virus
    61. Swine vesicular disease virus 
    62. Coniothyrium glycines (formerly Phoma glycinicola and Pyrenochaeta glycines)
    63. Peronosclerospora philippinensis (Peronosclerospora sacchari)
    64. Ralstonia solanacearum 
    65. Rathayibacter toxicus
    66. Sclerophthora rayssiae 
    67. Synchytrium endobioticum
    68. Xanthomonas oryzae
  12. Ethanol/Denatured Ethanol: a colorless volatile flammable liquid.
  13. Biological Materials: includes recombinant or synthetic DNA/RNA, viral vectors, and genetically modified organisms.
  14. Department of State Materials: Generally, you may not bring in any merchandise from Cuba, Iran, Burma (Myanmar) or most of Sudan. Classified and Unclassified Items that have military application that are considered defense articles. Such items may include software or technology, blueprints, design plans, retail software packages, and technical information.