Recently, China Quality Certification Center (CQC) issued a notice on the implementation of the new standard for external power adapters, chargers and built-in switching power supply products for household and similar appliances.New standards GB/T 4706.1-2024 \"Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Part 1: General Requirements\" and GB 4343.1-2024 \"Requirements for Electromagnetic Compatibility of Household Electrical Appliances, Electric Tools and Similar Appliances Part 1: Emission\" (hereinafter referred to as \"the new standard\").It will replace GB 4706.1-2005 and GB 4343.1-2018 (hereinafter referred to as \"the old standard\") respectively.

On September 27th, 2024, the European Commission published regulations (EU) 2024/2555 and (EU)2024/2570 in its official gazette, and revised the EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. Among them, the revised regulation (EU) 2024/2555 officially reduced the limit of unintentional trace pollutants of the original substance hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) from 100mg/kg to 75mg/kg. The revised regulation (EU)2024/2570 is to increase the control of the new substance methoxychlor, so far the number of prohibited substances of POPs in the EU has increased from 29 to 30. These regulations will take effect on the 20th day after the official gazette.

On October 16th, 2024, ECHA released a message in official website, and the Committee of the Member States of the European Union (MSC) has agreed to designate triphenyl phosphate as substances of very high concern, namely SVHC, because it has endocrine-disrupting characteristics in the environment. ECHA will add this substance to the list of candidate substances in early November, when the list of SVHC candidate substances will increase to 242.

YD/T 2583.18-2024 \"Electromagnetic Compatibility Performance Requirements and Measurement Methods for Cellular Mobile Communication Equipment Part 18: 5G User Equipment and Auxiliary Equipment\" (hereinafter referred to as \"the new standard\") has been implemented since October 1, 2024, replacing YD/T 2583.18-2019 (hereinafter referred to as \"the old standard\").

IATA (International Air Transport Association) issued the 66th edition of DGR (Dangerous Goods Rules), which will take effect on January 1st, 2025.

On September 20, 2024, the EU Official Gazette published the REACH Regulation Amendment Regulation (EU)2024/2462, which revised Annex XVII of the EU REACH Regulation, added the 79th control requirement on perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and related substances, and it was automatically transformed into the regulations of member States and began to be enforced 20 days after the publication of the EU Official Gazette, and it was binding as a whole and directly applicable to all member States.

On July 27th, 2024, Environment Canada issued a Notice according to Article 71(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The circular requires relevant Canadian enterprises to provide online information on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) produced, imported or used as individual substances, mixtures or articles in the calendar year of 2023 before January 29, 2025, among which 312 PFAS compounds are involved.

On August 30th, 2024, ECHA announced the public comments on six potential substances of very high concern (SVHCs), and the public comments will end on October 14th, 2024, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA. ECHA will review the feedback submitted by the public. If these six substances pass the review, they will be added to the official candidate list of SVHC and become the 32nd batch of SVHC substances.