You are what is known as a downstream user in the supply chain for REACH. 
So you do need to know if your cleaning product contains any chemical on the 
SVHC list at a level above the 01% limit and if you were in the EU and ask 
your supplier for such information they must respond within 48 days. This 
cleaning product would hopefully never end up as part of your own finished 
product so there your responsibility ends even if it does contain substances 
on the list. 

What is worth remembering though is if the cleaning product is critical to your 
process, the presence of SVHCs might mean that the supplier/manufacturer 
will consider withdrawing it from the market globally.

Nigel Burtt
CEng, MIET, AIEMA, BSc (Hons), Dipl Eng

ENJAYBEE ASSOCIATES 
Electronics Manufacturing Consultancy

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