On December 13, 2021, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued an announcement to revise the California 65 short warning label. The review will begin on December 17, 2021 and end on January 14, 2022. OEHHA recommends that the public submit written comments electronically, and all comments will be posted on the OEHHA website at the end of the public comment period.

On December 14, 2021, the European Union issued Regulation (EU) 2021/2204 in its official gazette, which expanded the category 1B CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxicity) substances in items 28, 29 and 30 of Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation List.

The European Union (EU) Regulation 2019/320 established Article 3(3)(g) of the Radio Equipment Directive (RED, 2014/53/EU), which requires handheld mobile phone manufacturers to prove that their products comply with Galileo GNSS and Advanced Mobile Location (AML) and Wi-Fi positioning requirements, with its emergency call function such as 112, this requirement will take effect on March 17, 2022.

Attention! Perfluorinated substance PFHxA and its salts and related substances will soon be included in REACH restriction articles

The electromagnetic compatibility harassment requirements of household appliances, electric tools and similar appliances, the European standard EN/IEC 55014-1:2021 and the anti-interference standard EN/IEC 55014-2:2021, have been published on the official website of the European Union.

The Saudi Arabian Standards and Organization (SASO) has introduced a new technical regulation on the restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances), and announced that it will be gradually implemented on January 5, 2022.

On November 24, 2021, the European Commission published Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/2045 in the Official Journal of the European Union, amending items 4 to 7 of the four phthalate substances in Annex XIV (List of Authorized Substances) of the REACH Regulation (DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP) exemption clauses. The regulation will take effect on the 20th day from the day it was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

On November 22, 2021, the European Union issued the (EU) Regulation 2021/2030 in its official gazette, adding the restriction clause of item 76 of Annex XVII of REACH Regulation on N,N-dimethylformamide, and officially reducing N,N -Dimethylformamide is included in the REACH regulatory restriction list. The regulations will come into effect on the 20th day after the official gazette is published and will be directly applicable to all member states.