On May 15, 2025, the European Commission issued (EU) 2025/893 Implementation Decision, revising (EU) 2022/2191 Implementation Decision. This revision updates a series of standards, including several important EMC standards and important standards such as 5G terminal RF and Wi-Fi 6e RF.

On May 12, 2025, the EU Official Journal published Resolution (EU) 2025/868, agreeing to include MCCPs, chlorpyrifos, and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids and their salts and related compounds (LC-PFCAs) in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), and supporting the revision of the Convention\'s specific exemptions for certain specific uses of substances such as UV-328, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorosulfonic acid (PFOS).

On March 31, 2025, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) of Vietnam issued Announcement No. 01/2025/TT-BKHCN, which revised and supplemented Announcement No. 08/2021/TT-BTTTT issued on October 14, 2021, and will take effect on May 15, 2025.

On May 5, 2025, the European Commission passed two revised drafts for POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, adding UV-328 substance control requirements and revising the control requirements for PFOA, salts and related substances.

According to the latest notice of China Quality Certification Center (CQC), from May 6, 2025, the implementation procedures of compulsory product certification (CCC certification) for mobile power (0914) and lithium-ion batteries and battery packs (0915) will be significantly adjusted.

On April 2, 2025, the FCC released temporary simplified guidelines for 47 CFR Part 2.1093 portable device RF exposure (SAR, PD, EMF, etc.) testing. The new guidelines mainly involve reference documents such as KDB 447498, KDB 616217, and KDB 648474, which address the 0mm (contact) Body exposure test requirements for portable devices (such as portable mobile phones, tablets, and laptops) and similar rectangular devices. The new test regulations will take effect from the date of release.

Recently, the Industrial Standards Institute of the Ministry of Industry of Thailand TISI issued an important announcement that from October 2025, TISI will implement new mandatory standards for 6 categories of electronic and electrical products. Relevant companies need to pay attention and make relevant application responses to ensure that the products meet the latest regulatory requirements and avoid unnecessary trade losses.

On January 20, 2025, the Moroccan National Telecommunications Authority (ANRT) issued Decision ANRT/DG/N°16/24, which replaced and abolished Decision ANRT/DG/N°12/04 issued in 2004, and updated the type approval and labeling requirements for telecommunications terminal equipment and radio electronic equipment sold and used in Morocco, and will take full effect on May 1, 2025. Non-compliant products will face the risk of banning sales, recalls and high fines, and companies need to start responding immediately!