On October 4th, 2023, the European Commission (EU) published the implementation decision of Directive (EU) No.2023/2392 in the official gazette of the EU, which contains new harmonization standards supporting the directive of radio equipment, involving international mobile communication, cellular network equipment and digital audio broadcasting and transmitting equipment. The directive shall come into force as of the date of its publication in the official gazette of the European Union.

On October 2, 2023, ECHA announced a new SVHC intentional substance again, and planned to conduct public comment on the substance in February, 2024.

On October 9-13, 2023, the 19th meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-19) of the Stockholm Convention was held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy. At the meeting, the committee unanimously recommended the inclusion of two groups of chemicals, medium chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) and \"long chain perfluorocarbonic acids (LC-PFCAs) and their salts and related substances\", in Annex A of the Convention for elimination, However, it is also proposed that these chemicals can still be used in specific circumstances, and the inclusion proposal, including special exemptions, will be considered at the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention in 2025.

On September 21st, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) of the United States issued the Final Rule (DFR)16 CFR 1263 for button and coin batteries and related products to protect children under 6 years old from battery intake, and the DFR will take effect on October 23rd, 2023.

On October 13, 2023, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) released the toy safety standard ASTM F963-23. The expected mandatory adoption date will be April 2024.Currently, Federal Regulations 16 CFR 1250 still use ASTM F963-17 as a mandatory version.

On June 30th, 2023, BSI British National Standards Institute issued new versions of standards BS 1363-1:2023, BS 1363-2:2023, BS 1363-3:2023, BS 1363-4:2023 and BS 1363-5:2023. BS 1363 is a plug in Britain.

On August 3rd, 2023, DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade) of India issued Notice No.23/2023, which imposed import restrictions on notebook computers, tablet computers, all-in-one personal computers, subminiature computers and servers with immediate effect.

Recently, according to the Notice of the General Administration of Market Supervision on Issuing the Description and Definition Table of Compulsory Product Certification Catalogue (No.36, 2023), the products of electric pressure rice cookers (pots) were adjusted from liquid heaters (0717) to electric rice cookers (0718).