Recently, Amazon USA released a heavy policy update: from February 18, 2025, all products on sale must pass DOE (U.S. Department of Energy) energy efficiency certification, non-compliant products will be forcibly removed from the shelves, and products with a valid model missing in the product model field will also be discontinued. Thereafter, only products that meet the DOE standards are allowed to be sold.
2025年2月28日,歐盟化學(xué)品管理局(ECHA)公布了新一批SVHC咨詢物質(zhì)清單,3項(xiàng)潛在的SVHC物質(zhì)展開(kāi)公眾評(píng)議,公眾評(píng)議將于2025年4月14日結(jié)束,在此期間各利益相關(guān)方均可向ECHA提交評(píng)議意見(jiàn)。ECHA將會(huì)對(duì)公眾提交的反饋意見(jiàn)進(jìn)行評(píng)議,如這3項(xiàng)物質(zhì)通過(guò)評(píng)議將被加入SVHC正式候選清單。
On February 18th, 2025, the EU issued the revised draft of POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, proposing to revise the limits of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The draft is currently in the public consultation period, and stakeholders can submit feedback before March 18, 2025. The final control requirements are subject to the final resolution of the European Commission.
On February 18th, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added n-hexane to the intention list of SVHC. ECHA is expected to launch a public comment on this substance in September, 2025. If the comment is passed, it will be formally included in the candidate list of SVHC.
On January 21st, 2025, ECHA officially announced the inclusion of five substances in the list of SVHC substances. So far, the EU SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 247 items.
On February 6, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) withdrew \"formaldehyde\" from SVHC\'s list of intentional substances. So far, the list of SVHC substances is as follows: 247 SVHC candidate list substances; 5 intentional substances; One (resorcinol) substance to be determined.
On January 13th, 2025, the working group of pollution prevention standards for electrical and electronic products in China issued an explanatory notice on the coordinated implementation of the two standards, namely, Requirements for Labeling of Hazardous Substances Restricted in Electrical and Electronic Products (SJ/T11364-2024) and Requirements for Limited Substances in Electronic and Electrical Products (GB/T26572-2011).
On April 25th, 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued an announcement and a draft technical regulation QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT. The draft technical regulations stipulate the limits and methods for measuring the specific absorption rate (SAR) of mobile phones, which will be applicable to entities engaged in the manufacture, import, trade and operation of mobile phones in Vietnam.
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