On March 22, 2022, TEC India issued a notice to temporarily exclude the following five products from its certification scope: 1. Mobile user equipment/mobile phone (mobile phone); 2. Server; 3. Smart watch; 4. Smart watch Camera; 5. POS machine
On February 22, 2022, the Bureau of Standards and Inspection (BSMI) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan announced new standards CNS 15936 (105 edition) (EMC) and CNS 15598-1 (109 edition) (Safety) for IT/AV multimedia equipment, CNS 15663 No. Section 5 \"Contained Labeling\" (Edition 102) (RoHS) comes into effect.The new standard will be implemented from the date of publication, that is, on February 22, 2022, and the old standard will be discontinued from January 1, 2024. During the transition period, the two sets of standards will be used in parallel.
On February 25, 2022, the third edition of UL1973 was officially released, and the content has been greatly updated. UL1973 is the safety standard for energy storage battery systems in North America, and it is also a dual national standard for the United States and Canada. This standard mainly covers various battery systems used for stationary, vehicle auxiliary power, LER, photovoltaic, wind energy, backup power, and communication base stations, and includes structural evaluation and test evaluation of energy storage systems, but this standard is only a safety standard , excluding performance and reliability assessments.
On March 14, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology\'s Electrical and Electronic Products Pollution Prevention and Control Standards Working Group mentioned at the \"Deepening the Management of the Restriction and Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products\" that has been submitted. Limitation Requirements for Restricted Substances (current standard number: GB/T 26572-2011) standard revision list, it is proposed to add new regulations on the basis of the original six hazardous substances (lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers). The limit requirements for four additional phthalate esters are expected to be revised by the end of September 2022, and a corporate questionnaire survey is currently being carried out. At the same time, the mandatory national standard \"Requirements for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products\" will be formulated.
On February 23, 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) submitted a proposal for the EU-wide restriction of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds) in firefighting foams. This proposal will prevent further contamination of groundwater and soil, as well as reduce risks to human health and the environment.
On February 25, 2022, the European Union published the final assessment report for the exemption of Pack 24 of the RoHS 2.0 directive. The report evaluates and evaluates applications for extensions of exemptions from Sections 5(b), 18(b), 18(b)-I, 24, 29, 32, 34 of Appendix III and Section 34 of Appendix IV. Suggestions are given. PACK 24 evaluation items are all related to lead content, involving glass, phosphor catalyst, solder and other materials. This final evaluation report adds two new clauses 18(b)-II and 24(a).
On March 4, 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced a public comment on a potential Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC), and the comment period will end on April 19, 2022, during which various stakeholders Comments can be submitted to ECHA. Substances that pass the review will be included in the SVHC Candidate List as official substances.
The 102nd meeting of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted Amendments 40-20 to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code. The amendment has made a number of revisions to chapters such as classification, packaging, and marking of dangerous goods, and will be enforced from June 1, 2022.
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