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On January 18th, 2024, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published the final rules on the mandatory standard 16CFR part 1250 \"Safety of Children\'s Toys\" in the Federal Gazette, and approved the revised ASTM F963-23 as the mandatory toy safety standard. Unless CPSC receives important objections before February 20, 2024, it will take effect on April 20, 2024.
On January 23rd, 2024, ECHA listed the 30th batch of five substances in substances of very high concern (SVHC). At the same time, it updated the hazard types of dibutyl phthalate (DBP), which was listed in SVHC in October, 2008, and supplemented its endocrine disrupting characteristics to the environment. At this point, the REACH substances of very high concern list has officially increased to 240 items.
On January 25th, 2024, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration issued the Announcement No.3 of 2024 on adjusting the applicable standards of testing methods of the conformity assessment system for the restricted use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products.
The FCC certification regulation of wireless charging is FCC Part15C§15.209, and the frequency of use of the product needs to meet the scope of Part15 C 15.205 (a), that is, the equipment authorized according to Part 15 shall not operate in the 90-110 kHz frequency band. In addition to meeting the regulatory requirements, products must also comply with the conditions of KDB680106. According to the new requirement KDB (KDB680106D01 Wireless Power Transfer V04) of the new version of wireless charging equipment published by FCC on October 24th, 2023, if the following conditions are not met, you need to run ECR! (that is, the lab inquiry before the test) The applicant submits a consultation to the FCC official according to the KDB guidelines to obtain FCC authorization.
On January 9, 2024, BIS issued a parallel testing implementation guide for electronic product compulsory certification (CRS), which covers all electronic products in the CRS catalogue and will be implemented permanently. This is the pilot project of mobile phone terminal battery and mobile phone itself released on December 19, 2022, and the addition of 1) wireless headset and in-ear headset and 2) laptop/notebook/tablet computer into the pilot list on June 12, 2023, which has implemented parallel testing on a larger scale.
According to the National Standards Announcement No.20 and No.21 of the State Administration of Market Supervision (National Standardization Administration Committee) in 2023, six national standards related to electromagnetic compatibility were approved for release and formally implemented on July 1, 2024.
On December 29, 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added bisphenol S to the California List of 65 hazardous substances due to reproductive toxicity. According to California Proposition 65, after a substance is listed, if the product contains an added substance, it must provide a clear and reasonable warning label within one year, that is, the warning must be completed by December 29, 2024.
On January 10th, 2024, the Official Gazette of the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2024/232, adding Article 46 on the exemption of cadmium and lead in plastic profiles of electronic and electrical doors and windows containing recycled rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in Annex III of the EU RoHS Directive. The Directive came into effect on the 20th day after its publication, that is, on January 31st, 2024. Member States should translate it into national laws and regulations before July 31, 2024.
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