News Express | February 2022 Global Market Access Information Update Summary

On December 24, 2021, the Ministry of Chemical Fertilizers of India included polyphosphoric acid in the scope of BIS certification, corresponding to the Indian standard IS17439:2020, which will be enforced 180 days after the official document is issued.

On November 16, 2021, the Taiwan Bureau of Standards (BSMI) issued an announcement announcing that the test standards for air purifiers will be revised from now on, and the energy efficiency test standard CNS16098 (version 108) will be added; the implementation of this announcement means that air purifier products are in Before entering the Taiwan market, it is necessary to meet the safety regulations, EMC, ROHS and energy efficiency standards to obtain the BSMI certificate.

On February 24, 2022, the European Commission published 12 amending directives in its Official Journal (OJ): (EU)2022/274, (EU)2022/275, (EU)2022/276, (EU)2022/ 277, (EU)2022/278, (EU)2022/279, (EU)2022/280, (EU)2022/281, (EU)2022/282, (EU)2022/283, (EU)2022/284 , (EU) 2022/287, revised the exemption clauses of Annex III of the RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), mainly related to the exemption of mercury content in lamps, among which the application for extension of many clauses was rejected, respectively 12 months or 18 month transition period, the directive will take effect on the 20th day after it is issued.

Recently, many Amazon sellers reported that some products containing 18650 batteries were removed from the shelves without receiving any emails or performance notices, and some of them also involved some big-selling listings. From the seller\'s response, it can be seen that a large area of listings have been removed from the shelves in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Recently, Amazon US released the latest policy requirements. From March 7, 2022, wireless products need to upload the FCC ID certificate, and products without the FCC ID certificate will be removed from the shelves.

On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a new magnet safety standard to address the risk of injury and death, especially in children and adolescents, following the accidental ingestion of one or more small, high-energy magnets.

On January 17, 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added the twenty-sixth batch of 4 SVHC review substances to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). So far, the SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 223 items.