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.

On December 31, 2024, the official gazette of the European Union officially issued the BPA ban (EU) 2024/3190, which requires further revision of the plastic regulation (EU)No 10/2011 and the abolition of (EU)2018/213, and will take effect on January 20, 2025. The release of the ban marks a total ban on the use of bisphenol A in the European Union and member countries, and its influence is extremely wide, involving many related fields and enterprises. Relevant enterprises need to prepare in advance!

On November 26th, 2024, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) issued a new electromagnetic compatibility standard IEC 61000-4-41:2024 \"Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)- Part 4-41: Testing and Measurement Technology-Broadband Radiation Immunity Test\", which will be formally implemented in 2026.

Summary of Global Market Access Information in December 2024

On December 16th, 2024, the Committee of Member States (MSC) of ECHA decided to include the thirty-second batch of six evaluation substances (public comment time: August 30th, 2024-October 14th, 2024) in the list of candidate substances of SVHC, and it is planned to formally add them to the list of SVHC in January, 2025. By then, the list of substances controlled by SVHC will increase to 248.

On December 15th, 2023, the Canadian Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) issued RSS-102 Issue 6, namely \"Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Compliance of Radio Communication Equipment (All Frequency Bands)\". RSS-102 is a standard specification for evaluating the radiation exposure compliance of wireless communication equipment in close use, which was enforced on December 15th, 2024. In other words, from December 15, 2024, ISED Canada will enforce the new version of the standard and only accept authentication applications based on RSS-102 Issue 6.

On December 6th, 2024, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment of California (OEHHA) published the revised text of California Regulation 65 in official website, which revised sections 25601, 25602, 25603 and 25607.2 of Title 27 of California Regulation, and added new sections 25607.50 to 25607.53. This amendment will take effect on January 1, 2025 and be enforced on January 1, 2028.