 Borax was added to the Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) candidate list on December 16, 2010.The SVHC candidate list is part of the EU Regulations on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 2006 (REACH), and the addition was based on the revised classification of borax as "toxic for reproduction" category 1B under the CLP Regulations.Substances and mixtures imported into the EU which contain borax are now required to be labelled with the warnings "May damage fertility" and "May damage the unborn child".