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.

In order to ensure the quality and safety of the mobile power supply, the mobile power supply before entering the market needs to be tested and certified by an authoritative third-party inspection and certification body. Applicable standards for mobile power supply include: GB 4943.1, GB 31241, GB/T 35590 and so on; Among them, GB 4943.1-2022 and GB 31241-2022 will be adopted for CCC certification of mobile power supply.

On April 21st, 2023, California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office (OEHHA) added 1,1,1- trichloroethane (CAS registration number 71-55-6) and leucomalachite green (CAS registration number 129-73-7) to the list of hazardous substances in California, because of carcinogenicity.

On April 10, 2023, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China issued a notice on the implementation rules of the State supervision and random inspection of the quality of 90 products including children\'s and infants\' clothing. Local market supervision departments may refer to the implementation when carrying out supervision and random inspection. The rules for the implementation of state supervision and random inspection of the same products issued in the past shall be abolished at the same time.

On April 5, 2023, the European Union (EU) published the implementation resolution (EU) 2023/740 in its official gazette, which updated the list of harmonized standards of EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. The resolution ((EU) 2023/740) will replace the resolution (EU) 2021/1992 published in the official gazette of the European Union in November 2021, and will come into effect on the date of publication.

On March 2, 2023, the United Kingdom launched a public consultation on the revision of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) laws and regulations, seeking the proposed amendments to POPs laws and regulations, including the amendments to waste restrictions and specific exemptions. The deadline for accepting opinions is April 27, 2023.