On August 27, 2021, South Korea’s KATS formally announced the start of the implementation of the KC 62368-1 standard. The standard will take effect immediately from the date of issuance. The new standard is applicable to all IT/AV equipment originally under the control of KC, such as audio and video equipment.

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On December 10, 2020, the European Union issued a draft proposal for a new battery law. It intends to abolish the current EU battery directive (2006/66/EC) to ensure the sustainability, high performance and performance of batteries placed on the EU market throughout the life cycle. safety.

On July 19, 2021, South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) issued Circular No. 2021-132, amending the requirements for phthalates in the general safety standards for children’s products and adding diisophthalate Butyl ester (DIBP), the restricted number of phthalates has been increased from 6 to 7. The amendment will take effect on January 1, 2022.

According to the latest guidelines on the use of the UKCA mark issued by the UK official website on August 24, 2021, “Manufacturers can continue to use the CE mark on their products to enter the UK market until January 1, 2023. January 1, 2023 Products on the UK market must be marked with the UKCA logo in accordance with relevant regulations. This means that the acceptance period of the CE mark in the UK market has been extended from January 1, 2022 to January 1, 2023, that is, until January 1, 2023, CE marked products can still be accepted in the UK. But only for products that are consistent with the requirements of the CE mark and the British UKCA mark.

On August 3, 2021, the Australian government passed the proposed amendment to the mandatory safety standards for projectile toys. The amendment is contained in the \"Consumer Products (Projectile Toys) Amendment Safety Standard 2021\", and an explanatory statement of the amendment is also provided, and this amendment is prepared to be included in the compilation of mandatory standards.

Recently, IECEE (International Electrotechnical Commission) announced a revised version of the IEC 62133-2:2017 standard (AMD1:2021).

On August 5, 2021, the European Union issued Regulation (EU) 2021/1297 in its Official Journal (OJ), amending Annex XVII of the EU REACH Regulation ((EC) No 1907/2006), replacing the original item 68 with C9 -Restrictions on C14 PFCA and its salts and C9-C14 PFCA related substances. The regulation will come into force on the 20th day of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.