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On January 25th, 2024, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration issued the Announcement No.3 of 2024 on adjusting the applicable standards of testing methods of the conformity assessment system for the restricted use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products.
The FCC certification regulation of wireless charging is FCC Part15C§15.209, and the frequency of use of the product needs to meet the scope of Part15 C 15.205 (a), that is, the equipment authorized according to Part 15 shall not operate in the 90-110 kHz frequency band. In addition to meeting the regulatory requirements, products must also comply with the conditions of KDB680106. According to the new requirement KDB (KDB680106D01 Wireless Power Transfer V04) of the new version of wireless charging equipment published by FCC on October 24th, 2023, if the following conditions are not met, you need to run ECR! (that is, the lab inquiry before the test) The applicant submits a consultation to the FCC official according to the KDB guidelines to obtain FCC authorization.
On January 9, 2024, BIS issued a parallel testing implementation guide for electronic product compulsory certification (CRS), which covers all electronic products in the CRS catalogue and will be implemented permanently. This is the pilot project of mobile phone terminal battery and mobile phone itself released on December 19, 2022, and the addition of 1) wireless headset and in-ear headset and 2) laptop/notebook/tablet computer into the pilot list on June 12, 2023, which has implemented parallel testing on a larger scale.
According to the National Standards Announcement No.20 and No.21 of the State Administration of Market Supervision (National Standardization Administration Committee) in 2023, six national standards related to electromagnetic compatibility were approved for release and formally implemented on July 1, 2024.
On December 29, 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added bisphenol S to the California List of 65 hazardous substances due to reproductive toxicity. According to California Proposition 65, after a substance is listed, if the product contains an added substance, it must provide a clear and reasonable warning label within one year, that is, the warning must be completed by December 29, 2024.
On January 10th, 2024, the Official Gazette of the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2024/232, adding Article 46 on the exemption of cadmium and lead in plastic profiles of electronic and electrical doors and windows containing recycled rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in Annex III of the EU RoHS Directive. The Directive came into effect on the 20th day after its publication, that is, on January 31st, 2024. Member States should translate it into national laws and regulations before July 31, 2024.
The 11th session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (9 December 2022) adopted a set of new amendments to the seventh revised edition of the Manual of Tests and Criteria (including the first amendment), and released the eighth revised edition of the Manual of Tests and Criteria on 27 November 2023.
On November 27th, 2023, MIC of Vietnam issued a draft notice to revise and supplement the control content of communication products. The draft content is expected to come into effect on April 1, 2024, and it will replace the current effective regulation Circular 04/2023/TT-BTTTT and the circular Circular 10/2023/TT-BTTTT issued in September this year on suspending the implementation of some technical standards such as 5G NR under extreme conditions.
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