On May 19, 2023, the Technical Committee for Hazardous Substance Testing Methods (SAC/TC297/SC3) of the National Standardization Technical Committee for Environmental Standardization of Electrical and Electronic Products and Systems organized a technical review meeting in Beijing for the first amendment of the national standard GB/T 26572-2011 'Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products.' During the meeting, the reviewing experts attentively listened to the drafting team's report on the process, content, and relevant materials of the amendment. They conducted a rigorous review of the technical content and textual format of the submitted draft and unanimously agreed to pass the review of the GB/T 26572 amendment. They also recommended submitting a complete set of approval documents to the National Standards Committee for further modification based on the opinions expressed in this review meeting, in order to expedite its approval and implementation.

The publication and implementation of EU RoHS Directive in 2013 stimulates other major economies to issue RoHS-like directives. China RoHS is also formulated against the backdrop. C&K Testing can provide one-stop solutions to China RoHS services integrating consulting, testing and certification.

May 2022, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (known as the RoHS-Directive), which recommended to add Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBP-A) and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) into the List of RoHS Restricted Substances. If this draft is approved, the number of the RoHS Restricted Substances will be increased from 10 to 12. The European Commission is planned to adopt the it in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the restriction measures of these two substances shall be subject to the final decision of the Commission.

China has proposed to update the GB/T 26572-2011 Requirements of Concentration Limits for Certain Restricted Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products by adding the requirements on the concentration limits of 4 more harmful substances, including DEHP, BBP, DBP and DIBP. The revision is expected to be completed at the end of September 2022. As the most common plasticizer, phthalate acid esters are widely used in the manufacturing of electrical and electronic products.

On 24 Feb 2022, EU has released the amendments to the RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU) regarding the updates to mercury exemptions ( (EU) 2022/274, (EU) 2022/275, (EU) 2022/276, (EU) 2022/277, (EU) 2022/278, (EU) 2022/279, (EU) 2022/280, (EU) 2022/281, (EU) 2022/282, (EU) 2022/283, (EU) 2022/284). Details are as follows According to (EU) 2022/274, entries 3, 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c) in Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU are replaced by the following: Article Exemption Scope and Dates o