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MAY 2023 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 85 Timeline for Permitted Use of 907 and 369 For 907 and 369, if no authorisation is obtained, they will no longer be authorised for use 36 to 42 months aer they are added to Annex XIV. Status of 907 in Electra Products In preparation for this date, Electra has been working hard to develop LPISM products of equivalent performance that do not contain 907. ese materials are available for evalua- tion through your local contact. Action Required To date, nothing has changed with regard to the obligations of solder mask users with respect to 907. e substance has been on the Candidate List since 2020 and PCB manufac- turers should already be notifying their cus- tomers of its presence (if appropriate) in the boards they supply to their customers. If they are not and they are uncertain if the solder mask they use contains it, they should contact their solder mask supplier and ask for confirmation. If the solder mask is being imported from outside the EU (and/or UK) they should also ask for confirmation that all the component substances are registered under REACH (and UK REACH). Looking forward, solder mask users may wish to consider looking at solder mask prod- ucts which do not contain 907 and they should contact their solder mask suppliers for alterna- tives. PCB007 References 1. Preparation of Draft Annex XIV Entries for Sub- stances Recommended to be included in Annex XIV, European Chemicals Agency, echa.europa.eu. 2. Substances of Very High Concern, echa. europa.eu. Chris Wall is technical director at Electra Polymers.