On September 23, 2022, the State Council issued the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of the Management System of the Electronic and Electrical Industry (GBF [2022] No. 31). According to the notice, since September 23, the 9 types of products allocated from the CCC directory will not be controlled at the level of compulsory certification. The application for compulsory certification involved in the process will be stopped, and the certification authority will no longer issue certificates. Enterprises can conduct voluntary certification if necessary. It is estimated that mandatory certification activities can be carried out for new battery products in 90 days due to factors such as the WTO meeting and the updating of certification implementation rules.

On September 29, 2022, the Governor of California approved Act AB 1817 to add Chapter 13.5 to Part 3, Section 104 of the California Health and Safety Act. The main content is to prohibit the manufacture, distribution and sale of textiles containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from January 1, 2025.

Analysis丨Introduction to the IS 16893 testing standards and test items for Indian power cells

On September 22, 2022, the European Commission published 2 Directives (EU) 2022/1631 and (EU) 2022/1632 in its Official Journal (OJ), amending the EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) Annex IV related exemptions.

On August 29, 2022, the IECEE International Electrotechnical Commission officially released three battery CTL resolutions through its official website. The three resolutions were proposed by the CB Testing Laboratory (CBTL), and formed a provisional resolution (PDSH) after the exchange and discussion of the CTL ETF13 expert group. After that, the provisional resolution was transformed into a formal resolution process and passed by a vote at the CTL2022 plenary session.

On August 19, 2022, Vietnam\'s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) released a draft of a new RoHS regulation notice titled \"National Technical Regulations on Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment\".

IATA DGR 64 (2023) and ICAO TI 2023~2024 have adjusted the air transport rules for various types of dangerous goods again, and the new rules will be implemented on January 1, 2023.

n September 2, 2022, Oeko-Institut published the final evaluation report of the EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) consulting project Pack 25 on its official website. Two exemptions from DEHP in polyvinyl chloride have been evaluated and recommendations are given. The EU will publish the final exemption update directive in the Official Journal (EUOJ) based on the recommendations of the evaluation report.