Textiles acquired by the supplier during the contract period shall not contain substances included on the current candidate list (Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)) in levels above 0.1 weight percent (1000 mg/kg) per substance. 0.1 weight percent refers to each individual part of a product 1.
If new substances are entered on the candidate list during the contract period, the supplier shall within six months of the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) publication of a revised candidate list present an action plan on how the substances can be phased out. The action plan is presented to the contracting authority upon request.
1The weight percentage refers to each individual part of a composite article and thus does not refer to 0.1% of a composite product, but to 0.1% of each constituent part.
