On May 11th, 2023, China Quality Certification Center (CQC) issued a notice on the implementation of new standards and certification rules for household and similar electric automatic controllers. The new version of GB/T 14536.1-2022 \"Electric Automatic Controller Part 1: General Requirements\" was implemented on July 1, 2023.

On April 18th, 2023, the European Commission officially issued the new regulation (EU) 2023/826 on standby power consumption of ErP(Energy-Related Products) to reduce the energy consumption of electrical equipment in \"off\" or \"standby\" mode. At the same time, the ecological design directive (EC) No.1275/2008 for household and office electrical and electronic equipment and the ecological design directive (EC) No.107/2009 for simple set-top boxes were abolished. The new directive came into effect on May 9, 2023 and will be enforced on May 9, 2025.

On May 8, 2023, the European Commission published the amendment (EU) 2023/923 in its official gazette, in order to revise the restrictions on lead and lead compounds in Article 63 of Appendix XVII of REACH Regulation (EC) No.1907/2006, and to increase the restrictions on lead in polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The amendment will take effect on the 20th day after the official announcement.

According to relevant EU laws, the sale of electronic and electrical equipment in Germany requires special attention to the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste Directive (WEEE). Recently, cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba, Amazon, and eBay have also issued relevant notices. According to the notices from each platform, Amazon will stop selling products that do not meet WEEE compliance requirements on June 5, 2023, while Alibaba and eBay will gradually control electronic and electrical equipment products sold to Germany from July 1, 2023.

On April 28, 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published Revised Regulation (EU) 2023/866 on POPs regulations, which came into effect on the 20th day after its publication and directly applied to all member states from August 18, 2023, with overall binding force.

On April 14, 2023, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) released ANSI/CAN/UL 2743:2023, a safety standard for mobile energy storage. This new edition is an important revision of UL 2743:2018 and UL 2743:2020 and includes a series of standard optimizations.

Recently, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) officially approved the abolition of portable lighting types from the Title20 Home Appliances Regulations, effective April 25, 2023. This means that portable lighting fixtures will no longer need to meet the requirements of Title 20 regulations before being sold in California, but other regulated lighting products will not be affected. For portable lighting fixtures that use LED bulbs as light sources, bulbs still need to meet the requirements of Title 20!

On April 12, 2023, the European Chemical Administration (ECHA) recommended that the European Commission include eight substances, including lead, in the REACH authorization list. Once a substance is added to the list, the company will need to apply for authorization to continue using these substances.