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  • Australia and New Zealand Plug Standard Update: Key Design Considerations

            Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) Information Bulletin 24-067: Australia and New Zealand’s Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) has issued Information Bulletin No. 24-067. This bulletin clarifies compliance requirements under the AS/NZS 3112 standard for devices with in...
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  • REACH Appendix 17 updated! New DMAC, NEP Control Requirements

    On 03 June 2025, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) published the amendment (EU) 2025/1090 to REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, which mainly amends Appendix 17 (Annex XVII) by adding new item 80 N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) and item 81 N-ethylpyrrolidone ( N,N-Dimethylacetamide (DM...
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  • EU Takes Action! Major Updates to 5G/6 GHz Wi-Fi Testing Standards

            On November 25, 2024, the EU formally approved ETSI EN 301 893 V2.2.1, with mandatory enforcement required by February 29, 2028. During the transition period, as this version has not yet been cited in the EU Official Journal (OJ), certification testing is still recommended based on the pr...
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  • EN 18031

    EN 18031

    Blockbuster News         May 12, 2025 marked a historic moment for Anbotek! A review panel from APPLUS, a globally recognized certification authority, conducted an on-site audit of Anbotek’s Cybersecurity Laboratory. After rigorous evaluation, the laboratory unanimously passed the EN 18031 s...
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  • [Quick Guide]: New Regulations for Primary Lithium Batteries – IEC 60086-4 Update!

          The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has quietly updated its lithium battery standards! The 2025 edition of IEC 60086-4 primarily targets certain special types of disposable lithium batteries (e.g., spiral-wound over-discharge batteries). However, for most companies—“St...
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  • 【EU Regulation Update】EN 18031 Comes into Force! Cybersecurity Certification Now Mandatory for Relevant Products Exported to EU

    The European Commission adopted Supplementary Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 in 2022, explicitly requiring radio equipment to comply with cybersecurity, privacy protection, and anti-fraud requirements. ▍Regulatory Timeline August 2024: Publication of supporting standard EN 18031, detailing cy...
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  • Electrostatic Discharge Immunity Basic Standard Update

             On March 07, 2025, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) officially published version 3.0 of the Basic Standard for Electrostatic Discharge Immunity Testing, IEC 61000-4-2:2025 ed3.0, which replaces IEC 61000-4-2:2008 ed2.0, published in 2008, with a stabilization date of 2...
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  • New EU ErP Regulation (EU) 2023/826 – Eco-design of power consumption for shutdown, standby and networked standby

             On April 18, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a new version of the eco-design regulation (EU) 2023/826 – Eco-design requirements for the energy consumption of electrical and electronic equipment for domestic and office use in switch-off mode, standby mode and network st...
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  • POPs Proposed Revision of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB), Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) Limits

    On 18 February 2025, the European Commission published on its official website a draft amendment to Annex I of the POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 proposing to revise the limit values for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (including tetra-, penta-, hexa-, he...
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  • Detailed Explanation of EN IEC 62680 Standard

    European Union I.Directive Issuance The European Commission put forward a proposal to harmonize charging interfaces in 2019 and formally published a revised Directive Directive (EU) 2022/2380 on universal chargers through the Official Journal in December 2022 to complement 3.3(a) of the RED Direc...
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  • The SVHC list has been updated to 247 items!

    On January 21, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added 5 substances under evaluation to the thirty-third batch of Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) candidate list. As a result, the SVHC candidate list was officially updated to include 247 substances.   The newly added SVHC (Substance...
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  • Technical amendments to EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 edition

    The European Commission revised the standard for harmonic current emission limits (equipment input current ≤ 16A per phase) and officially published EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 on April 12, 2024 and will be mandatory on April 08, 2027. Technical amendments to EN IEC 61000-3-2:2019/A2:2024 editi...
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