On May 31, 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) issued Circular No. 04/2023/TT-BTTTT, which will replace Circular No. 02/2022/TT-BTTTT.

On June 14th, 2023, the European Parliament passed the regulation on the EU Battery and Waste Battery Law with 587 votes in favor, 9 votes against and 20 abstentions. According to the normal legislative process, this regulation will take effect 20 days after it is officially announced by the EU. The agreement aims to improve the relevant regulations on battery management in the EU in the New Battery Law, which will have a far-reaching impact on all aspects of the industrial chain, including battery design, production and recycling.

On May 19th, 2023, the Technical Committee on Detection Methods of Hazardous Substances (SAC/TC297/SC3) of the National Technical Committee for Environmental Standardization of Electrical and Electronic Products and Systems organized a technical review meeting of GB/T 26572-2011 National Standard No.1 (draft for review) (hereinafter referred to as the \"revision\"). At the meeting, the review experts listened carefully to the report of the drafting group, and finally agreed to pass the review of the revised form. At the same time, they suggested that the revised form should be submitted to the National Standards Committee for approval and implementation as soon as possible.

On May 26th, 2023, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) issued the IEC 62368-1:2023 (4th edition) standard. This standard specifies the safety requirements of electrical and electronic equipment (rated voltage not exceeding 600V) using audio, video, information technology and communication technology in the field of business and office machines (excluding the requirements of equipment performance or functional characteristics).

On June 1st, 2023, China Quality Certification Center (CQC) issued the Notice on Implementing the New Edition Standard GB 17625.1-2022 for Voluntary Certification of Lighting Electrical Appliances. The notice shows that the voluntary certification of lighting electrical products will be implemented on July 1, 2024 according to the standard GB 17625.1-2022 \"Electromagnetic Compatibility Limits Part 1: Harmonic Current Emission Limits (input current of each phase of equipment ≤16A)\" and will replace GB 17625.1-2012.

On May 1, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan revised Appendix 12 of the Electricity Safety Law and released the latest version of standard J62368-1 (2023). This standard is based on the third edition of the international product safety standard IEC 62368-1 (2018), incorporating local differences in Japan. On May 15, 2023, IECEE announced the country differences for J62368-1 (2023). The third edition CB report certificate of IEC 62368-1 (2018) can now be used to apply for PSE certification.

On June 14, 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) included all of the two substances reviewed in the 29th batch in the REACH Substances of High Concern (SVHC) list. At this point, the REACH list of substances of high concern has been officially increased to 235 items.

As of May 31st, 2023, ECHA in official website has published nine SVHC intentional substances proposed by Norway, France and Germany respectively. Subsequently, relevant member States will submit the proposal file prepared according to Annex XV of REACH to ECHA before the scheduled date, and it will be published about one month after receiving the proposal file, and a 45-day public comment will be initiated. The reviewed substances will be added to the SVHC candidate substance list.