On December 22, 2020, the Australian government officially entered into force 4 mandatory standards to reduce the risk of injury and death caused by the use of button/coin batteries. The mandatory standard includes an 18-month transition period. Starting from June 22, 2022, suppliers must meet the requirements of the standard.

On July 8, 2021, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) included the twenty-fifth batch of 8 SVHC review substances on the candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHC). So far, the SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 219 items.

On July 1, 2021, 27 EU countries will implement new e-commerce sales value-added tax rules, which may affect your sales to EU consumers through the Amazon online store.

In June 2021, the European Commission proposed to amend REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, adding 5 new substances to REACH Regulation Annex XIV (List of Authorized Substances).

Recently, the UK Health and Safety Commission (HSE) released the UK REACH 2021/2022 annual work plan, of which four items need to be paid attention to: transitional policy and formal registration, dossier completeness evaluation and test proposal evaluation, substance evaluation, SVHC list, authorization List and restriction list.

On June 14, 2021, the European Commission issued seven draft regulations to amend the mercury exemption clause in Annex III of the RoHS2 directive, and will conduct a four-week public consultation from now to July 12, 2021.

On June 4, 2021, the European Commission approved Directive (EU) 2021/903, amending the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, adding aniline to the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC Annex II Appendix C, restricting the supply of 36 The requirement for the use of aniline in toys used by children under the age of six months or other toys intended to be put in the mouth will be formally implemented from December 5, 2022.

On June 1, 2021, the European Commission (EU) submitted Circular G/TBT/N/EU/803 to the World Trade Organization (WTO), proposing to include resorcinol (CAS: 108-46-3) in the SVHC List, the time for public consultation is 60 days after the announcement, and the deadline is July 31, 2021.