On May 8, 2023, the European Commission published the amendment (EU) 2023/923 in its official gazette, in order to revise the restrictions on lead and lead compounds in Article 63 of Appendix XVII of REACH Regulation (EC) No.1907/2006, and to increase the restrictions on lead in polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The amendment will take effect on the 20th day after the official announcement.

According to relevant EU laws, the sale of electronic and electrical equipment in Germany requires special attention to the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste Directive (WEEE). Recently, cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba, Amazon, and eBay have also issued relevant notices. According to the notices from each platform, Amazon will stop selling products that do not meet WEEE compliance requirements on June 5, 2023, while Alibaba and eBay will gradually control electronic and electrical equipment products sold to Germany from July 1, 2023.

On April 28, 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published Revised Regulation (EU) 2023/866 on POPs regulations, which came into effect on the 20th day after its publication and directly applied to all member states from August 18, 2023, with overall binding force.

On April 14, 2023, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) released ANSI/CAN/UL 2743:2023, a safety standard for mobile energy storage. This new edition is an important revision of UL 2743:2018 and UL 2743:2020 and includes a series of standard optimizations.

Recently, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) officially approved the abolition of portable lighting types from the Title20 Home Appliances Regulations, effective April 25, 2023. This means that portable lighting fixtures will no longer need to meet the requirements of Title 20 regulations before being sold in California, but other regulated lighting products will not be affected. For portable lighting fixtures that use LED bulbs as light sources, bulbs still need to meet the requirements of Title 20!

On April 12, 2023, the European Chemical Administration (ECHA) recommended that the European Commission include eight substances, including lead, in the REACH authorization list. Once a substance is added to the list, the company will need to apply for authorization to continue using these substances.

In order to ensure the quality and safety of the mobile power supply, the mobile power supply before entering the market needs to be tested and certified by an authoritative third-party inspection and certification body. Applicable standards for mobile power supply include: GB 4943.1, GB 31241, GB/T 35590 and so on; Among them, GB 4943.1-2022 and GB 31241-2022 will be adopted for CCC certification of mobile power supply.

On April 21st, 2023, California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office (OEHHA) added 1,1,1- trichloroethane (CAS registration number 71-55-6) and leucomalachite green (CAS registration number 129-73-7) to the list of hazardous substances in California, because of carcinogenicity.