On February 24, 2022, the European Commission published 12 amending directives in its Official Journal (OJ): (EU)2022/274, (EU)2022/275, (EU)2022/276, (EU)2022/ 277, (EU)2022/278, (EU)2022/279, (EU)2022/280, (EU)2022/281, (EU)2022/282, (EU)2022/283, (EU)2022/284 , (EU) 2022/287, revised the exemption clauses of Annex III of the RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), mainly related to the exemption of mercury content in lamps, among which the application for extension of many clauses was rejected, respectively 12 months or 18 month transition period, the directive will take effect on the 20th day after it is issued.

Recently, many Amazon sellers reported that some products containing 18650 batteries were removed from the shelves without receiving any emails or performance notices, and some of them also involved some big-selling listings. From the seller\'s response, it can be seen that a large area of listings have been removed from the shelves in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Recently, Amazon US released the latest policy requirements. From March 7, 2022, wireless products need to upload the FCC ID certificate, and products without the FCC ID certificate will be removed from the shelves.

On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a new magnet safety standard to address the risk of injury and death, especially in children and adolescents, following the accidental ingestion of one or more small, high-energy magnets.

On January 17, 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added the twenty-sixth batch of 4 SVHC review substances to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). So far, the SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 223 items.

On January 13, 2022, Oeko-Institut published the final assessment report of RoHS 2.0 Directive Exemption Pack 22 on its official website, in the report for 6(a)/6(a)-I, 6(b)/6(b) -I, 6(b)-II, 6(c), 7(a), 7(c)-I and 7(c)-II are extended or not, and the EU will make reference to this assessment report. Final decision on extension or not.

On December 16, 2021, the Saudi Arabian Standards Authority (SASO) announced that the implementation of the Technical Regulations on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (SASO RoHS), originally scheduled to be enforced from January 5, 2022, will be delayed by six months in phases implement.

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration) issued the National Standard Announcement No. 12 in 2021, the national standard for household plugs and sockets GB/T 1002-2021 \"Types, basic parameters and dimensions of single-phase plugs and sockets for household and similar purposes\". \" and GB/T 2099.1-2021 \"Household and Similar Plugs and Sockets Part 1: General Requirements\" will be officially implemented on November 1, 2022.