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UL is short for Underwriter Laboratories Inc UL Safety Laboratory is the most authoritative institution in the United States, and it is also a large private institution engaged in safety testing and appraisal in the world. It is an independent, non-profit professional organization that conducts experiments for public safety. Different from FCC certification, UL certification? is a safety certification. UL is mainly engaged in product safety certification and operating safety certification business. Its ultimate goal is to obtain goods with a fairly safe level for the market and make contributions to ensuring personal health and property safety. In the United States, for consumers, UL is a symbol of safety signs, and globally, UL is one of the most reliable suppliers of conformity assessment for manufacturers.
On May 1, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan revised Appendix 12 of the Electricity Safety Law and released the latest version of standard J62368-1 (2023). This standard is based on the third edition of the international product safety standard IEC 62368-1 (2018), incorporating local differences in Japan. On May 15, 2023, IECEE announced the country differences for J62368-1 (2023). The third edition CB report certificate of IEC 62368-1 (2018) can now be used to apply for PSE certification.
On June 14, 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) included all of the two substances reviewed in the 29th batch in the REACH Substances of High Concern (SVHC) list. At this point, the REACH list of substances of high concern has been officially increased to 235 items.
WERCS registration refers to inputting the relevant data of some products (mainly products containing toxic chemicals or dangerous goods) into the official website of WERCS. Such an authoritative audit and appraisal procedure facilitates the cooperation between suppliers and retailers more simply and conveniently, and suppliers with registered WERCSmart are undoubtedly the first choice for retailers to purchase.
KC(KoreaCertification) certification? is a Korean electronic and electrical safety certification system, which is mandatory in Korea. Domestic or foreign manufacturers must obtain Korean safety certification before exporting electronic products to Korea. Since January 1, 2009, Korea electrical product safety certification is divided into mandatory certification and self-regulatory (voluntary) certification. Basically, electrical products whose input voltage range is AC voltage above 50 volts to less than 1000 volts need to accept safety certification, and lithium batteries are included in the KC certification catalogue as mandatory certification products.
As of May 31st, 2023, ECHA in official website has published nine SVHC intentional substances proposed by Norway, France and Germany respectively. Subsequently, relevant member States will submit the proposal file prepared according to Annex XV of REACH to ECHA before the scheduled date, and it will be published about one month after receiving the proposal file, and a 45-day public comment will be initiated. The reviewed substances will be added to the SVHC candidate substance list.
On May 30, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted the proposal to amend Annex I of Regulation (EU)2019/1021, and confirmed that PFHxS and its salts and related compounds were included in the list of substances prohibited by POPs regulations. It is expected that this control requirement will be officially published in the official gazette soon. At this point, the list of prohibited substances in Annex I of EU POPs regulations will also be increased from 28 to 29.
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), namely chemical safety technical specification, can also be translated into chemical safety specification or chemical safety data specification. It is a document used by chemical manufacturers and importers to clarify the physical and chemical characteristics of chemicals (such as PH value, flash point, flammability, reactivity, etc.) and the possible harm to users\' health (such as carcinogenesis and teratogenesis, etc.). In Europe, MSDS certification is also called SDS certification, SDS form, or MSDS certificate. Generally, it is used for documents required by the carrier in the process of transportation logistics.
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