European Jewelry Testing Requirenents

REACH refers to “Registration,Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals”, which contains the registration,evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances in the productexported to EU. REACHANNEX XVII has replaced 76/769/EEC   since June, 1, 2009, which contains more than 60 kinds ofchemical substances at present. For jewelry, the chemical substances limitedare mainly lead, cadmium, nickel release and phthalates, etc. Inaddition, theSVHC, according to REACHarticle 57 has been added to 173 kinds.

Regulations/standard	Items	Requirements
REACH ANNEX XVII 23	Cadmium	Plastic and metal:100ppm；Coating:1000ppm
REACH ANNEX XVII 27	Nickel Release	Body pierced articles:0.2 μg/cm2/week Direct and prolonged contact with the skin articles:0.5 μg/cm2/week
REACH ANNEX XVII 43	Azo	30 ppm
REACH ANNEX XVII 50	PAHs	For any of their rubber or plastic components that come into  direct as well as prolonged or short-term repetitive contact with the human skin or the oral Cavity, each of PAHs  [8P: BaP,BeP,BaA,CHR,BbFA,BjFA,BkFA,DBAhA] should be less than1mg/kg.
REACH ANNEX XVII  51&52	Phthalates	Plasticized materials that cannot be put into the mouth: BBP+DBP+DEHP ≤1000 ppm； Plasticized materials that can be put into the mouth:BBP+DBP+DEHP≤1000 ppm，DIDP+DINP+DNOP ≤1000 ppm
REACH ANNEX XVII 63	Lead	500 ppm