On September 20, 2024, the EU Official Gazette published the REACH Regulation Amendment Regulation (EU)2024/2462, which revised Annex XVII of the EU REACH Regulation, added the 79th control requirement on perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and related substances, and it was automatically transformed into the regulations of member States and began to be enforced 20 days after the publication of the EU Official Gazette, and it was binding as a whole and directly applicable to all member States.

On July 27th, 2024, Environment Canada issued a Notice according to Article 71(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The circular requires relevant Canadian enterprises to provide online information on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) produced, imported or used as individual substances, mixtures or articles in the calendar year of 2023 before January 29, 2025, among which 312 PFAS compounds are involved.

On August 30th, 2024, ECHA announced the public comments on six potential substances of very high concern (SVHCs), and the public comments will end on October 14th, 2024, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA. ECHA will review the feedback submitted by the public. If these six substances pass the review, they will be added to the official candidate list of SVHC and become the 32nd batch of SVHC substances.

On July 24th, 2024, the Canadian Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) issued the radio standard specification RSS-133 Issue 7, which is a personal communication service device operating in the frequency bands of 1850-1915 MHz and 1930-1995 MHz, replacing the 2nd GHz personal communication service issued on January 18th, 2018.

On August 2, 2024, the government of New South Wales, Australia promulgated mandatory regulations to implement strict new standards for electric mobile devices powered by lithium-ion batteries (such as electric bicycles and electric scooters), which will be enforced in February 2025. These new standards aim to enhance consumer safety by reducing the risk of fire caused by these products.

Recently, the China Quality Certification Center (CQC) has revised CQC11-464223-2024 \"Safety and Performance Certification Rules for Lithium ion Batteries (Groups) for Electric Bicycles\" and its supporting documents, involving product category 142002.

Recently, the national standards GB 1002-2024 \"Types, Basic Parameters and Dimensions of Single-phase Plugs and Sockets for Household and Similar Uses\" and GB 2099.7-2024 \"Safety Technical Specifications for Extension Cords and Sockets for Household and Similar Uses\" have been officially released, and the recommended national standards have been changed into mandatory national standards, and the mandatory upgrade of plug and socket safety will be implemented on August 1, 2025!

On September 3, 2021, the European Electrotechnical Standardization Committee issued the first revised version of the standard EN 62133-2:2017, which is equivalent to IEC 62133-2:2017/AMD1:2021 issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission. According to the plan published by the European Electrotechnical Standardization Committee, the revised requirements in EN 62133-2:2017/A1:2021 have been enforced in Europe since August 19, 2024, and the standard EN 62133-2: 2017 without considering the revised requirements will not be accepted.