MILPITAS, CA – SEMI joined a coalition of some 40 industry organizations calling on European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to solve implementation issues within the EU Waste Framework Directive, specifically the Substances of Concern in Products (SCIP) database.

The signatories request resolution of implementation issues for the SCIP database, designed to support the economy as defined in the European Green Deal.

In the Sept. 21 letter, the signatories ask von der Leyen to take immediate action to postpone the SCIP notification deadline of Jan. 5, 2021, to at least a year after finalization of the database; conduct a study on the usefulness, feasibility, proportionality and impact of the database; and instruct the ECHA to adapt the SCIP database according to the outcome of the proposed study.

ECHA reportedly didn’t complete development of the database by a previous January deadline. SEMI says this leaves companies insufficient time to develop, test and adapt systems to meet the January 2021 SCIP notification deadline.

SEMI says Article 9.1 was added to the revised Waste Framework Directive during the final stage of the co-decision process without any prior stakeholder consultation or impact assessment.

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