On December 9, 2020, the European Union issued a revised toy flammability standard EN 71-2:2020. This standard replaces the previous EN 71-2:2011+A1:2014.

Australia has introduced four mandatory standards to reduce the use of button batteries and the risk of death and injury associated with button batteries. The requirements of mandatory standards apply to button batteries and coin batteries. Mandatory standards include an 18-month transition period to allow suppliers time to make any manufacturing and design changes to products and packaging to meet the new requirements. Starting in June 2022, suppliers must comply with the requirements in the standard.

On December 10, 2020, the European Union issued a draft of a new battery law, intending to abolish the current EU battery directive, transform its battery control requirements from \"directives\" to \"regulations\", and plan to establish a new battery regulatory framework. The draft reclassified batteries into four categories: portable batteries, car batteries, electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries. The draft of the new battery law still maintains the restrictions on mercury and cadmium in batteries in the current EU battery directives, but the restrictions and exemptions are planned to be technically updated.

On January 19, 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) formally added the two newly reviewed substances to the list of SVHC candidate substances. So far, the SVHC candidate list includes 24 batches of 211 substances.

On December 9, 2020, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) released a new version of EN 71-2:2020. According to the plan, the standard will become the national standard of EU member states before June 2021, and the conflicting national standards will be withdrawn by December 2021 at the latest. In addition, the standard is expected to be included in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) in 2021 to replace the current toy harmonized standard EN 71-2:2011+A1:2014.

On December 16, 2020, the European Commission issued Regulation (EU) 2020/2096, which extensively revised a number of requirements in the EU REACH Annex XVII Restricted Substance List.Regulation (EU) 2020/2096 will come into effect 20 days after the official gazette is published. The amendment to delete the 68th item of PFOA, its salts, and PFOA-related substances restrictions has become effective on July 4, 2020. The effective date of some amendments in Annex XVII of REACH is also stipulated in the amendment regulations.

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On December 15, 2020, the European Union issued a new regulation (EU) 2020/2081, revised Appendix XVII of the REACH Regulation, and added a new restriction entry to limit the content of toxic and hazardous substances in tattoo ink or permanent cosmetics. The new regulations will come into effect on the 20th day (January 4, 2021) after the official gazette is published. After this revision, there are 75 entries in Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation, which control the use of various chemical substances in consumer products.