On April 2, 2025, the EU published Regulation (EU) 2025/660 in its Official Gazette, amending the provisions on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in clay targets in Annex XVII of REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006), adding Item 50a to restrict the use of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in clay targets for shooting. This provision will take effect on the 20th day after the publication in the EU Official Gazette and will be officially implemented on April 22, 2026.

On February 26th, 2025, european committee for standardization (CEN) issued three standards for toy safety testing methods. The purpose of the three test method standards issued this time is to check whether the toy materials meet the limit values in Appendix C of Annex II of EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC.

Recently, the Ministry of Information and Communication of Vietnam (MIC-MOST) issued the Draft Notice on the List of Products and Goods Managed by the Ministry of Information, which pointed out that the performance test of IEC 61960-3:2017 in QCVN 101:2020/BTTTT standard will be fully enforced from January 1, 2026.

On March 7, 2025, the Canadian Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) launched a public consultation on the technical and operational requirements of millimeter wave band, and stakeholders can submit their opinions before May 30, 2025.

On January 30th, 2025, the European Commission announced in its official journal \"Office Journal\" (hereinafter referred to as OJ) that the series of EN 18031 standards have been included in the harmonized standards of the Directive 2014/53/EU, which indicates that this series of standards will become an important basis for the network security compliance of radio equipment in the EU.

On November 13th, 2024, the Ministry of Industry (MoI) of Indonesia promulgated the Law No.75/2024, which made it mandatory that all audio and video products sold in Indonesia (both imported and locally produced) must comply with the SNI IEC 62368-1:2014 standard, replacing the previous Law No.15 in 2018. The new regulations will come into effect on June 2, 2025, aiming at improving product quality, ensuring consumer safety and health, and enhancing the international competitiveness of Indonesia\'s audio-visual industry.

Recently, Amazon USA released a heavy policy update: from February 18, 2025, all products on sale must pass DOE (U.S. Department of Energy) energy efficiency certification, non-compliant products will be forcibly removed from the shelves, and products with a valid model missing in the product model field will also be discontinued. Thereafter, only products that meet the DOE standards are allowed to be sold.

2025年2月28日，歐盟化學品管理局（ECHA）公布了新一批SVHC咨詢物質清單，3項潛在的SVHC物質展開公眾評議，公眾評議將于2025年4月14日結束，在此期間各利益相關方均可向ECHA提交評議意見。ECHA將會對公眾提交的反饋意見進行評議，如這3項物質通過評議將被加入SVHC正式候選清單。