On November 8, 2024, the European Union proposed to revise the new draft of POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and related substances, in order to be consistent with the Stockholm Convention and solve the challenges of operators in phasing out these substances in fire fighting foam. The feedback period of the draft ended on December 6, 2024, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA.

On November 19th, 2024, the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People\'s Republic of China issued a notice for soliciting opinions on eight compulsory national standards (draft for comments) including China RoHS, namely \"Requirements for Restricting the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products\". The deadline for soliciting opinions is January 18, 2025, and the public can give feedback on different opinions during the publicity period.

On November 20th, 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the authorities of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden jointly issued a detailed report, outlining the latest progress in restricting perfluoro and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Europe.

In October 2024, workshop mentioned the ISED fee forecast, and the Canadian IC ID registration fee will rise again, which will be implemented on April 1, 2025 and is expected to increase by 2.7%. Wireless RF products and telecom/ Terminal products sold in Canada (CS-03 products) must pass IC certification. Therefore, the increase in Canadian IC ID registration fees has an impact on such products.

With the approval of IEEE for the draft standard of 802.11be, ANATEL of Brazil has officially authorized the use of the name of 802.11be on the product compliance certificate. This update means that devices using Wi-Fi 7/802.11be technology can now clearly list this name on the certificate of conformity.

On November 7th, 2024, ECHA announced that TPP was officially included in the 32nd substances of very high concern (SVHC) shortlist. So far, the EU SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 242 items.

On September 17th, 2024, the Indian Bureau of Standards issued the Household and Commercial Similar Electrical Appliances (Quality Control) Order, with the standard number of IS302 (Part 1): 2008. The decree added 85 types of electrical products, which are suitable for household, commercial or similar appliances with rated voltage not exceeding 250V single-phase AC or 415V three-phase AC.

Recently, IATA (International Air Transport Association) released the 66th edition of DGR (Dangerous Goods Rules), which will take effect on January 1, 2025. In order to ensure that the business of related enterprises will not be affected, our company has begun to accept the air transport, sea transport and MSDS renewal and replacement services in 2025, and it is expected that the first batch of certificates will be issued in early December 2024!