On June 2, 2021, the European Commission issued a revised directive (EU) 2021/884 in its Official Journal (OJ). This revised directive revised Article 42 of Annex IV of the RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) and extended the use of The validity period of the exemption for mercury in electrical rotary connectors in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems with high operating frequency (>50MHz) operating modes.

On May 31, 2021, the European Commission issued an Implementation Resolution (EU) 2021/867, updating the harmonized standards referenced by the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. The update involves three toy standards, EN 71-7, EN 71-12 and EN IEC 62115.

On November 19, 2020, my country issued GB/T 39498-2020 \"Guidelines for the Control of the Use of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products\". The standard has been formally implemented on June 1, 2021.

On April 14, 2021, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) released a revised version of the toy safety standard EN 71-3: EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 \"Toy Safety-Part 3: Migration of Specific Elements\".

On May 6, 2021, the China Quality Certification Center (CQC) issued a notice on the revision of the \"Rules for the Safety and Performance Certification of Intelligent Control Equipment and Terminal Products for Lighting\", and the CQC13-465428-2016 \"Intelligent Control Equipment and Terminal Products for Lighting\" The Safety and Performance Certification Rules have been revised, involving application category: 004017.

On May 3, 2021, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the direct final regulations to amend 16 CFR Parts 1107 and 1112.The new regulations will take effect on July 29, 2021.

In order to further strengthen the supervision of the EU market environment and protect the health and safety of EU consumers, the EU Parliament and Council issued the EU Market Supervision Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on June 20, 2019. The regulations will come into effect on July 16, 2021.

The Korea National Institute of Technology and Standards (KATS) issued draft safety standards for audio/video application equipment and information/communication/office equipment on April 19, 2021.