On February 7, 2023, ECHA published the details of the proposal submitted by Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden to ECHA on adding restrictions on the manufacture, marketing and use of PFAS in the REACH restriction section. At the same time, ECHA has also started to assess the risks to human and environment and the impact on society of the proposal. It is expected that a six-month public consultation will be launched in March 2023, and the European Commission will subsequently issue a decision on whether to add PFAS control in the REACH restriction.

On February 9, 2023, the EU launched a one-month public review of the revised draft POPs regulation, which aims to add PFHxS to Part A of Annex I to the POPs regulation. All stakeholders can submit comments within the review period. If the draft is approved, it will take effect 20 days after the publication of the EU Official Gazette, and the number of banned/restricted substances in POPs will also increase from 28 to 29.

On February 17, 2023, the European Chemicals Administration (ECHA) announced the public review of two SVHC candidate list of intended substances. The review period will end on April 3, 2023, during which all stakeholders can submit their comments to ECHA. The reviewed substances will be added to the official list of SVHC and become the 29th batch of SVHC substances.

According to the email received by Amazon sellers recently, Amazon Europe has new requirements for energy efficiency labels. Amazon requires sellers to upload energy efficiency labels and product information before March 3, 2023, otherwise the products will be removed.

Recently, Taiwan NCC issued a notice according to the 1112502 proposal, requiring RF equipment applicants to provide more complete antenna specifications or antenna test reports from March 1, 2023.

On February 6, 2023, The FCC of the United States officially issued the updated document DA/FCC No.: FCC-22-84 \"Protection of the communication supply chain from national security threats through the equipment authorization plan\" (47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 ET Docket No. 21-232 and EA Docket No. 21-233], which will take effect immediately from the date of release, without a transition period. This document is mainly about the FCC\'s protection of the communication supply chain from national security threats through the equipment authorization plan, thus limiting the contents and equipment on the Covered List.

On January 27, 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added 1-bromo-3-chloropropane, butoxymethyloxirane and 2-methyl-2-acrylate oxiranyl methyl ester to the list of hazardous substances in California Proposition 65. The above three substances were added because of carcinogenicity. After the substance is listed, the warning must be completed before January 27, 2024 if it is required to provide warning according to the bill. There are nearly 1000 substances in California\'s list of 65 hazardous substances, which are updated at least once a year. This is the first update in 2023.

On January 26, 2023, the European Commission issued Directive (EU) 2023/171 in its Official Journal (OJ), amending the relevant exemption items in Annex III of the EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), and adding the exemption provisions on hexavalent chromium in Item 9 (a) - III. The exemption will take effect on September 1, 2023 and will be valid until December 31, 2026.