The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its regulations for the separate transport of lithium batteries, effective January 1, 2022. However, there will be a transition period to make adjustments to be 100% compliant with the new regulations by March 30, 2022. The customer is advised to check with the airline of their choice whether there is an implemented or actually permitted transition period.

On December 22, 2021, ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) launched a comment on the REACH regulation restricting the use of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in shooting clay targets. The deadline for public comment is June 22, 2022. . It should be noted that there are 18 types of PAHs involved in the proposed additions in this review, which is 10 more than the 50th PAHs in the current REACH regulation.

On December 13, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued an announcement to revise the California 65 short warning label. The review will begin on December 17, 2021 and end on January 14, 2022. OEHHA recommends that the public submit written comments electronically, and all comments will be posted on the OEHHA website at the end of the public comment period.

On December 14, 2021, the European Union issued Regulation (EU) 2021/2204 in its official gazette, which expanded the category 1B CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxicity) substances in items 28, 29 and 30 of Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation List.

The European Union (EU) Regulation 2019/320 established Article 3(3)(g) of the Radio Equipment Directive (RED, 2014/53/EU), which requires handheld mobile phone manufacturers to prove that their products comply with Galileo GNSS and Advanced Mobile Location (AML) and Wi-Fi positioning requirements, with its emergency call function such as 112, this requirement will take effect on March 17, 2022.

Attention! Perfluorinated substance PFHxA and its salts and related substances will soon be included in REACH restriction articles

The electromagnetic compatibility harassment requirements of household appliances, electric tools and similar appliances, the European standard EN/IEC 55014-1:2021 and the anti-interference standard EN/IEC 55014-2:2021, have been published on the official website of the European Union.

The Saudi Arabian Standards and Organization (SASO) has introduced a new technical regulation on the restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), and announced that it will be gradually implemented on January 5, 2022.