On November 4, 2022, METI, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, released a collection of comments on the revision of technical standards and regulations for lithium batteries on its official website. The deadline is December 3, 2022. Revision content: Since Table 9 does not specify the method for monitoring the voltage of each cell/cell block in the battery pack, it is recommended to abolish Table 9 and unify it to J62133-2 in Table 12 that matches the latest international standard.

On November 14, 2022, the British government officially announced that the mandatory implementation date of UKCA compliance marking was postponed for two years. That is, after the mandatory date of CE marking is changed to December 31, 2024, UKCA makring will be enforced from January 1, 2025.

On October 28, 2022, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) issued the pre release version of IEC 62722-2-1:2012 PRV, Luminaire Performance - Part 2-1: Special Requirements - LED Luminaires, which is applicable to LED lamps for general lighting purposes. This version will replace the first version of IEC PAS 62722-2-1:2014.

In the TCBC Workshop (The Telecommunication Certification Body Council Workshop) held from October 24 to 27, 2022, Canadian ISED released the latest requirements for multi model products to apply for certification: when applying for Canadian ISED certification for multi model/multi product versions, each applied model/product version must provide internal and external photos of the product.

In April 2022, the Brazilian National Communications Administration ANATEL issued Act No. 5159, which proposed new requirements for mobile phone chargers and came into force on October 26, 2022. This Act aims to repeal the previous Act No. 3481, which includes some changes to the EMC test of the vehicle charger and some mechanical test requirements for the wall charger plug.

On October 10, 2022, the Brazilian National Communications Administration ANATEL issued official document No. 218/2022. This document gives a normative explanation of the definitions of removable RF modules and non removable RF modules, and puts forward clear requirements for the certification and approval procedures of different types of products containing these two types of RF modules.

On September 23, 2022, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) issued the Technical Regulations on Ornaments and Accessories in its official gazette. This technical regulation specifies the basic requirements for accessories and accessories sold on the Saudi Arabian market and the conformity assessment procedures to be followed by suppliers, which will be officially implemented on March 22, 2023.

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