Asia

　　Saudi Arabia

　　The Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) has started implementing the RoHS requirements for restricted substances in small household appliances on July 4th. Products already on the local market have a 365-day transition period until July 4th, 2023. The next mandatory category of SASO RoHS for household appliances will be implemented on October 2nd, 2022.

　　Starting from July 1, 2022, the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) has set the validity period of the Product Batch Certificate (SCoC) for the SABER system to 60 days.

　　Israel

　　The Israeli official (MoC) has issued Amendment No. 5722-2022, which will come into effect on July 7, 2022. The main change is that based on the EN 303687 standard and the maximum EIRP limit of 200mW, the open wireless access system (WAS) and wireless local area network (RLAN) devices enable WIFI 6E (5.945-6.425GHz).

　　South Korea

　　The National Institute of Electromagnetic Waves of South Korea has released Announcement No. 12-14 for 2022 to update the technical requirements related to KC type approval.

　　The revised content mainly includes:

　　Starting from January 1, 2023, it is permitted for some small-sized devices that meet the size requirements to undergo radiation testing in a 3-meter darkroom.

　　The RRA plan has expanded the available frequency band for 5G NR FR1 from 3420 - 3700 MHz to 3400 - 3700 MHz. This resolution will come into effect on November 1, 2023.

　　The definitions of the origin country and the requirements for KC labels have been updated. The relevant requirements have come into effect since July 19, 2022.

　　Malaysia

　　SIRIM of Malaysia has once again extended the temporary type approval for some IPv6 cellular devices (for one year).

　　Taiwan, China

　　BSMI has revised the draft of "Regulations on the Relevant Inspection Requirements for Audio-Visual and Audio Products". The products include a single speaker installed in a speaker box, multiple speakers installed in the same speaker box, and audio or sound reproduction devices using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media, etc.

　　Vietnam

　　In June 2022, the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam approved Notification No. 2361/BTTTT-KHCN, which is an explanation on guiding the application and implementation of Notification No. 02/2022/TT-BTTTT. It covers 5G mobile communication base station equipment, TV receivers with integrated DVB-T2 reception function, lithium batteries and other products. The notification will come into effect on July 1, 2022.

　　India

　　On July 1, 2022, the Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) issued Notification No. 5-7/2022-TC/TEC, regarding the extension of the validity period of the mandatory testing and certification (MTCTE) certificates for telecommunications equipment from 5 years to 10 years. This notification takes effect immediately and is aimed at reducing the compliance burden on the industry and enterprises.

　　Europe and America

　　European Union

　　On July 15, 2022, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) proposed to add medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP) and other substances with carbon chain lengths ranging from C14 to C17 to the restricted substances list in the EU REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Appendix XVII, in order to restrict the manufacture, use and placement on the market of substances, mixtures and articles containing such substances. This proposal is still at an early stage and needs to be evaluated by the ECHA's Risk Assessment Committee (RAC), the Social and Economic Analysis Committee (SEAC), and the European Commission. Once the assessment is passed, this restriction requirement will be issued in the form of the REACH Regulation Appendix XVII restriction requirements.

　　The United States

　　Recently, two states in the United States have respectively passed legislation to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products. On June 3, 2022, Governor Jared Polis of Colorado signed HB22-1345, which established a regulatory plan to prohibit the production or sale of certain products that intentionally contain PFAS substances, including floor mats, fabric treatments, food packaging, infant products, oil and gas products, kitchenware, cosmetics, indoor and outdoor fabric decorations, and indoor and outdoor soft furniture. Additionally, this plan requires manufacturers to report and label cookware that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals. On June 7, 2022, Governor David Ige of Hawaii approved HB 1644. The main content of this plan is to prohibit the production, sale, or distribution of packaging and padding, plates, food trays, and pizza boxes that contain PFAS, as well as to prohibit the production, sale, distribution, and use of B-grade fire-fighting foam containing PFAS (with certain exemptions). In recent years, as the harmfulness of more and more PFAS substances has been confirmed, the global regulatory heat for such substances has been continuously rising. Several states in the United States have been formulating or have already introduced regulatory requirements for PFAS in consumer products. Relevant enterprises exporting to the United States must pay sufficient attention.

　　Jamaica

　　On June 27, 2022, the Jamaican Standards Authority announced the adoption of the draft of the Jamaican Energy Labeling Standards Specification - Refrigeration Equipment - with the requirement of DJS CRS 57: 2018/Amd 1. The deadline for no objections is August 24, 2022.

　　Africa Continent

　　Kenya

　　On June 30, 2022, the Kenya Communications Authority (CA) released the "Short-range Equipment Radio Spectrum Usage Guidelines, Version B, Revised Edition 0". This guideline came into effect on June 10, 2022.

　　Australia

　　On June 24, 2022, the Australian Standards Committee and the New Zealand Standards Committee released the new safety standard AS/NZS 62368.1:2022.

　　This standard is applicable to electrical and electronic equipment in the fields of audio, video, information and communication technology, as well as commercial and office machines with a rated voltage not exceeding 600V.

　　AS/NZS 62368.1:2018 will remain valid for a period of three years from the date of this document's release, and thereafter will be replaced by AS/NZS 62368.1:2022.