From August 1, 2025, the EU will enforce the EN 18031 series of cybersecurity standards, and non-compliant radio equipment will face market access restrictions! This standard was developed by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Electrotechnical Commission (CENELEC). It has been included in the coordinated standards of the Radio Equipment Directive (Directive 2014/53/EU), marking that the EU has erected a new \"security barrier\" in the field of radio equipment cybersecurity.

On June 11, 2025, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) released the revised version of the toy safety standard EN 71-2, EN 71-2: 2020+A1: 2025 \"Toy Safety - Part 2: Flammability\".

On June 27th, 2025, ECHA announced a public comment on a potential SVHC substance. The public comment will end on August 11th, 2025, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA. ECHA will comment on the feedback submitted by the public, and if the comments are passed, the substance will be formally included in the SVHC candidate list.

On June 27, 2025, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2025/718 in its Official Gazette (OJEU), formally revising the limits for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and related compounds in Annex I of the EU Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. The revised regulations will take effect on July 17, 2025 and will be implemented from December 3, 2025.

On June 25, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) officially announced that 3 substances will be included in the SVHC list. So far, the EU SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 250 items.

On June 23, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued an announcement on the implementation rules for quality supervision and random inspection of 136 products such as lithium-ion batteries/battery packs, mobile power supplies, and outdoor power supplies. It will be implemented from the date of release, and the previously released implementation rules for supervision and random inspection of the same products will be abolished at the same time.

On June 5, 2025, the Korean National Radio Research Agency (RRA) issued Announcement No. 2025-41 to revise the EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) test standards for some wireless devices, involving version updates of multiple KS standards. The new regulations will affect the certification process of wireless communications, broadband equipment and DECT products. Enterprises need to adjust the test plan in time to ensure compliance.

On June 16, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that it would include three substances in the new batch of SVHC candidate list at the end of June. At that time, the SVHC candidate list substances will be updated to 250 items.