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U.S. Federal Register Issued the Safety Standard for Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Consumer Products Containing Such Batteries

U.S. Federal Register Issued the Safety Standard for Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Consumer Products Containing Such Batteries

On September 21, 2023, the U.S. Federal Register Issued Issued the Safety Standard 16 CFR Part 1263《Safety Standard for Button Cell or Coin Batteries and Consu...

Australian Issued New Standard 《Consumer Goods (Toys for Children up to and including 36 Months of Age) Safety Standard 2023》

Australian Issued New Standard 《Consumer Goods (Toys for Children up to and including 36 Months of Age) Safety Standard 2023》

On September 4, 2023，the Australian Government Issued a new version of the standard 《Consumer Goods (Toys for Children up to and including 36 Months of Age) S...

ECHA proposed consultations on six substances to identify substances of high concern

ECHA proposed consultations on six substances to identify substances of high concern

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published for public consultation notice on six substances of very high concern identification on September 1, 2023.The consult...

Update on ErP and Energy Efficiency Labeling Regulations for Electronic Displays

Update on ErP and Energy Efficiency Labeling Regulations for Electronic Displays

The Erp Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 came into force on December 25, 2019, and will be enforced on March 1, 2021 and the original ErP Regulation (EC) 642/2009 will...

The Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 adds a new authorized substance

The Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 adds a new authorized substance

On 11 August 2023, the European Union issued Directive(EU) 2023/1627 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend the Annex I of Directive (EU) No 10/2011, addition a ...

UKCA announced the indefinite extension of the use of CE marks for enterprises

UKCA announced the indefinite extension of the use of CE marks for enterprises

On August 1, 2023, the British government officially announced that the use of the CE mark in enterprises will be extended indefinitely, while retaining the UKC...

Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 adds substances of PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds

Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 adds substances of PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds

On 8 August 2023, the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2023/1608 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021,adds substances ...

Three laboratories of AGC were hired as China Society for Inspection and Testing Physical Standard Collaborative Laboratory

Three laboratories of AGC were hired as China Society for Inspection and Testing Physical Standard Collaborative Laboratory

Recently, three wholly-owned subsidiaries of AGC have successively received letters of appointment issued by the China Society for Inspection and Testing, offic...

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds an Exemption for Lead

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds an Exemption for Lead

On July 24, 2023, the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2023/1526 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend the RoHS Directive and add an exemption clause on lea...

Amending Annex XVII to REACH regulation to increase the control of the formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers

Amending Annex XVII to REACH regulation to increase the control of the formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers

On 17 July 2023, the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2023/1464 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, increase t...

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds an Exemption for Mercury

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds an Exemption for Mercury

On July 11, 2023, the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2023/1437 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend the RoHS Directive and add an exemption clause on mer...

The Revised Directive of the EU Food Contact Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 published

The Revised Directive of the EU Food Contact Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 published

On 17 July 2023, the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2023/1442 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend the Directive (EU) No 10/2011, amending Annex I as reg...

ISO Issued New Toy Safety Standard ISO 8124-2:2023

ISO Issued New Toy Safety Standard ISO 8124-2:2023

On May, 2023，the International Standards Organization (ISO) issued a new version of the standard ISO 8124-2:2:2023 Safety of toys-Part 2:Flammability. The new ...

The 29th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 235 items

The 29th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 235 items

On June 14, 2023，The ECHA has added two new chemicals to the Candidate List，The two substances are Diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide and Bis(4-c...

ISO Issued New Toy Safety Standard ISO 8124-3:2020/ Amd 1:2023

ISO Issued New Toy Safety Standard ISO 8124-3:2020/ Amd 1:2023

On March, 2023，the International Standards Organization (ISO) issued a new version of the standard ISO 8124-3:2020/Amd 1:2023 Safety of toys-Part 3: Migration ...

The EU Updates the Harmonized standards of Toy Safety Directive

The EU Updates the Harmonized standards of Toy Safety Directive

On April 05, 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published Commission implementing decision (EU)2023/740, which updated the Toy Safety Directive 20...

EU conducts special law enforcement actions against PFCAs and related substances

EU conducts special law enforcement actions against PFCAs and related substances

March 23, 2023, ECHA’s Enforcement Forum agreed to run a pilot project to check for the presence of restricted perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) and related su...

EU plans to increase control requirements for bisphenol substances

EU plans to increase control requirements for bisphenol substances

Recently, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a public consultation on the restriction proposal for Bisphenol A and Bisphenols of similar that have en...

Bluetooth v5.4 and QEP v4 seminar ended successfully!

Bluetooth v5.4 and QEP v4 seminar ended successfully!

On March 9, 2023, the "Bluetooth v5.4 and QEP v4 seminar" organized by AGC officially started, which is mainly to talk and share something about the new feature...

ECHA proposed consultations on two substances to identify substances of high concern

ECHA proposed consultations on two substances to identify substances of high concern

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published for public consultation notice on two substances of very high concern identification on February 17, 2023. The consul...

Draft of the 16th proposed amendment to the EU Food Contact Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 published

Draft of the 16th proposed amendment to the EU Food Contact Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 published

On 23 January 2023, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published notification No. 23-0494. in which the EU submitted a draft of the 16th amendment to the EU Foo...

BfR updates VOC test method for food contact silicone

BfR updates VOC test method for food contact silicone

On 1 February 2023, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) updated its recommendations on food contact materials again. This time the following ...

Italy amends stainless steel regulation

Italy amends stainless steel regulation

On 19 January 2023,the Italian Official Gazette published the revised Decree of the Ministry of Health No. 208 of 25 November 2022 (DECRETO 25 novembre 2022, n....

Three Substances as Known to Cause Cancer were Added to California 65 Chemicals List

Three Substances as Known to Cause Cancer were Added to California 65 Chemicals List

On January 27, 2023, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice to update the California 65 Chemicals List. 1-bromo-3-chloropr...

EU RoHS Annex III Adds an Exemption for Hexavalent Chromium

EU RoHS Annex III Adds an Exemption for Hexavalent Chromium

On January 26, 2023, the European Union issued Directive (EU) 2023/171 in its Official Journal (OJ) to amend the RoHS Directive and add an exemption clause on h...

The 28th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 233 items

The 28th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 233 items

Helsinki, 17 January 2023 - ECHA has added nine new substances to the Candidate List. On June 1, 2021, the European Commission (EU) submitted notification G/TBT...

OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 2023 New regulations

OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 2023 New regulations

On January 10, 2023, OEKO-TEX® International Environmental Protection Textile and Leather Association published the update of OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 on its of...

Bio Innovation Service Publish EU RoHS Directive Pack 22 Exemption Assessment Report

Bio Innovation Service Publish EU RoHS Directive Pack 22 Exemption Assessment Report

On December, 2022, Bio Innovation Service published the final evaluation report on the exemption of Pack 23 from the EU RoHS Directive on its official website. ...

EU amending Annex I to POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 as regards the restrictions on hexachlorobenzene

EU amending Annex I to POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 as regards the restrictions on hexachlorobenzene

On November 23, 2022, the Official Journal of the European Union issued Regulation (EU) 2022/2291, amending Annex I to POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 as regards...

ISO Issued New Toy Safety Standard ISO 8124-1: 2022

ISO Issued New Toy Safety Standard ISO 8124-1: 2022

On September 15, 2022, the International Standards Organization (ISO) issued a new version of the standard ISO 8124-1: 2022 Safety of toys-Part 1: Safety aspect...

Toy Amazon Japan Station Compliance Requirements

Toy Amazon Japan Station Compliance Requirements

In Japan, children's toys refer to any product or material designed or clearly intended for use in play by children' 14 years of age and under. In order to impr...

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Infant Bouncer Seats (16 CFR 1229)

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Infant Bouncer Seats (16 CFR 1229)

On September 6, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a direct final rule to revise the regulation 16 CFR 1229 Safety Standard ...

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds Two New Exemptions for Lead

EU RoHS Annex IV Adds Two New Exemptions for Lead

On September 22, 2022, the European Union published two directives in its Official Journal Directive (EU) 2022/1631 and Directive (EU) 2022/1632 (EU) to amend ...

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Frame Child Carriers (16 CFR 1230)

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Frame Child Carriers (16 CFR 1230)

On September 1, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a direct final rule to revise the regulation 16 CFR 1230 Safety Standard ...

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Sling Carriers (16 CFR 1228)

CPSC Published Direct Final Rule on the Revisions to Safety Standard for Sling Carriers (16 CFR 1228)

On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a direct final rule to revise the regulation 16 CFR 1228 Safety Standard fo...

The UK Toys (Safety) Regulations Designated Standards to be Updated

The UK Toys (Safety) Regulations Designated Standards to be Updated

On 03 August 2022, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published Notice 0063/22 proposing to update the designation standards of th...

European Union intends to amend Annex XVII of REACH regulation as regards lead and its compounds in PVC

European Union intends to amend Annex XVII of REACH regulation as regards lead and its compounds in PVC

On 8 June 2022, the European Commission submitted communication G/TBT/N/EU/897 to the World Trade Organization (WTO) proposing to amend Annex XVII to Regulation...

OEHHA Proposes Another Amendment to California Proposition 65 Short Form Warning

OEHHA Proposes Another Amendment to California Proposition 65 Short Form Warning

On April 5, 2022, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a notice about second 15-Day modification to proposed amendments to Articl...

The 27 th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 224 items

The 27 th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 224 items

Helsinki, 10 June 2022 - ECHA has added one new substances to the Candidate List which has the toxicity of Carcinogenic & Mutagenic. From January 2021 onwards, ...

Updates on Lithium-Ion Battery CQC Certification Rules

Updates on Lithium-Ion Battery CQC Certification Rules

On April 27, 2022, the China Quality Certification Center revised the Safety Certification Rules for Secondary Batteries and Battery Packs for Portable and Stat...

Draft Standard for Wi-Fi 6E published by the European Union Draft ETSI EN 303 687 V1.0.0 (2022-04)

Draft Standard for Wi-Fi 6E published by the European Union Draft ETSI EN 303 687 V1.0.0 (2022-04)

In order to expand the use of the 6GHz band without disrupting existing services (FSS and FS, etc.), national regulators have developed relevant standards for t...

General Specification for Lithium-ion Battery and Battery Packs of Electronic Cigarettes SJ/T 11796-2022 will be implemented on July 1, 2022

General Specification for Lithium-ion Battery and Battery Packs of Electronic Cigarettes SJ/T 11796-2022 will be implemented on July 1, 2022

According to the announcement of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China (No. 10 of 2022), electronic industry standar...

The 25th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 219 items

The 25th batch of SVHC substances was released and the SVHC list was updated to 219 items

Helsinki, 8 July 2021 - ECHA has added eight new substances to the Candidate List. Because they have a combination of endocrine disrupting properties and other ...

Officially Release on GB 41700-2022 National Mandatory Standard for Electronic Cigarettes

Officially Release on GB 41700-2022 National Mandatory Standard for Electronic Cigarettes

On April 12, 2022, Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China official website issued No.4 National Standard Announcement which approves t...

New Regulation on Lithium-ion Battery Transportation will be Effective on 1, April 2022

New Regulation on Lithium-ion Battery Transportation will be Effective on 1, April 2022

According to the requirements of the "Dangerous Goods Air Transport Regulations IATA DGR (Version 63)" newly released in January 2022, small lithium batteries c...

EU updates the RED Harmonized Standards Catalogue on March 29, 2022

EU updates the RED Harmonized Standards Catalogue on March 29, 2022

EU official website on March 29, 2022 external announcement: update RED harmonized standards catalog.For more details, please refer to the link address:

FCC KDB 447498 New Version Will be postponed to 1, July 2022

FCC KDB 447498 New Version Will be postponed to 1, July 2022

FCC official website announced on 30 March, 2022 that KDB 447498 D04 (hereinafter referred to as D04) Interim General (Transition Period) RF Exposure Guidance D...

Introduction to Mexican NOM Certification

Introduction to Mexican NOM Certification

NOM (Normas Oficiales Mexicanas) is a mandatory safety label in Mexico. It requires that imported products be tested and approved before being sold on the marke...

Russian GOST-R Certification

Russian GOST-R Certification

GOST-R certification (GOST R Certification, GOST is the abbreviation of national standard, R refers to Russia), that is, the Russian national standard certifica...

Introduction of Russian FAC certification

Introduction of Russian FAC certification

The full name of the Russian FAC is the Federal Communications Agency, which is the Federal Communications Administration of Russia. FAC certification is a mand...

Singapore IDA certification

Singapore IDA certification

Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is an institution responsible for information and communication management.

Introduction of energy efficiency certification in Japan

Introduction of energy efficiency certification in Japan

Japan's energy conservation law ,it is stipulates that more than 30 categories of products are required to meet the requirements of the energy conservation law....

Filing of imported products of Japan - METI

Filing of imported products of Japan - METI

Those engaged in the manufacturing business or import business of electrical products (hereinafter referred to as "Filing business") shall submit a business fil...

S-mark Certification

S-mark Certification

S-mark is voluntary certification which is applicable to all electrical appliances, particularly for those products not included in PSE certification catalog. A...

An Overview of Consumer Product Safety Law (PSC)

An Overview of Consumer Product Safety Law (PSC)

According to Consumer Product Safety Law, consumer products which are more likely to cause harmfulness to human body due to the product structure, materials or ...

AGC is Accredited as VCCI Authorized Lab

AGC is Accredited as VCCI Authorized Lab

AGC is accredited as VCCI Authorized Lab on 20th, June. It includes four authorization capabilities “Radiated emissions above 1GHz”, “AC mains power ports”,...

Bluetooth LE Audio Seminar

Bluetooth LE Audio Seminar

On April 8, 2021, AGC held a seminar on the new generation of Bluetooth technology LE Audio at St.Helen Shenzhen Bauhinia Hotel in Futian District, Shenzhen. Th...

Update on RED Harmonised Standard of WCDMA User Equipment

Update on RED Harmonised Standard of WCDMA User Equipment

The Red-RF standard EN 301 908-2 v13.1.1 of WCDMA user equipment will be officially included in the RED OJ harmonized standards on October 27, 2020. The transit...

Turkey adopt CE-RED

Turkey adopt CE-RED

RTTE (1999/5/EC) is no Longer in Force，On December 5, 2020, the Turkish regulatory institution, Bilgi Teknolojileri veİletişimKurumu（BTK）, suspended all ty...

Exciting News AGC Participates in the Formulation of China RoHS 2 Standards

Exciting News AGC Participates in the Formulation of China RoHS 2 Standards

Attestation of Global Compliance (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd, short for AGC, became the member of Working Group of Pollution Control from Electronic Information Product ...

Global Certification for Wireless Charger

Global Certification for Wireless Charger

Wireless charger should be tested by QI to meet its requirement on safety, function and compatibility. After being certified by QI and gain QI certificate, prod...

RCEP

RCEP

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership，In 2012, the ten ASEAN countries invited China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and India to join ("10 +...

EU update EN 71-3:2019 as Harmonised Standards for Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC

EU update EN 71-3:2019 as Harmonised Standards for Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC

On October 16, 2019, the European Commission (CEN) issued the Harmonized Standard for the Toy Directive 2009/48/EC.

In-depth analysis of Indonesia SDPPI product certification

In-depth analysis of Indonesia SDPPI product certification

The Indonesian official issued the announcement "KEPDIRJEN SDPPI regulation number 183 of 2019" on October 15, 2019.

Bluetooth SIG Releases Latest Bluetooth Brand Usage Guide

Bluetooth SIG Releases Latest Bluetooth Brand Usage Guide

The Bluetooth SIG recently released the revised Bluetooth Brand Usage Guide, which is a Bluetooth trademark guide that is attached to the Bluetooth Trademark Li...

What is FCC Certification?

What is FCC Certification?

FCC stands for the Federal Communication Commission. It is an agency of the United States government in charge of radio spectrum management. The Federal Communi...

Which products need FCC certification?

Which products need FCC certification?

FCC Certification is compulsory in US market as one of the most essential certification. It is mainly engaged in safety testing covering a range of products. Al...

What is the difference between FCC certification and UL certification

What is the difference between FCC certification and UL certification

People engaged in import & export business of North American market are often asked by clients whether certify products with FCC/UL certification or not. So, wh...

AGC was invited to participate in the development of the IEC62321 series of standards

AGC was invited to participate in the development of the IEC62321 series of standards

According to the national standard system for the revision of management procedures,