On June 14, 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) included all of the two substances reviewed in the 29th batch in the REACH Substances of High Concern (SVHC) list. At this point, the REACH list of substances of high concern has been officially increased to 235 items.

WERCS registration refers to inputting the relevant data of some products (mainly products containing toxic chemicals or dangerous goods) into the official website of WERCS. Such an authoritative audit and appraisal procedure facilitates the cooperation between suppliers and retailers more simply and conveniently, and suppliers with registered WERCSmart are undoubtedly the first choice for retailers to purchase.

KC(KoreaCertification) certification? is a Korean electronic and electrical safety certification system, which is mandatory in Korea. Domestic or foreign manufacturers must obtain Korean safety certification before exporting electronic products to Korea. Since January 1, 2009, Korea electrical product safety certification is divided into mandatory certification and self-regulatory (voluntary) certification. Basically, electrical products whose input voltage range is AC voltage above 50 volts to less than 1000 volts need to accept safety certification, and lithium batteries are included in the KC certification catalogue as mandatory certification products.

As of May 31st, 2023, ECHA in official website has published nine SVHC intentional substances proposed by Norway, France and Germany respectively. Subsequently, relevant member States will submit the proposal file prepared according to Annex XV of REACH to ECHA before the scheduled date, and it will be published about one month after receiving the proposal file, and a 45-day public comment will be initiated. The reviewed substances will be added to the SVHC candidate substance list.

On May 30, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted the proposal to amend Annex I of Regulation (EU)2019/1021, and confirmed that PFHxS and its salts and related compounds were included in the list of substances prohibited by POPs regulations. It is expected that this control requirement will be officially published in the official gazette soon. At this point, the list of prohibited substances in Annex I of EU POPs regulations will also be increased from 28 to 29.

MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), namely chemical safety technical specification, can also be translated into chemical safety specification or chemical safety data specification. It is a document used by chemical manufacturers and importers to clarify the physical and chemical characteristics of chemicals (such as PH value, flash point, flammability, reactivity, etc.) and the possible harm to users\' health (such as carcinogenesis and teratogenesis, etc.). In Europe, MSDS certification is also called SDS certification, SDS form, or MSDS certificate. Generally, it is used for documents required by the carrier in the process of transportation logistics.

Smart socket is a new type of safety socket, can automatically control the switch, mainly used in home, office and other places, and smart socket set up lightning, anti-high voltage, anti-overload and other functions, can automatically detect electrical current changes, abnormal can automatically power off, very intelligent and safe. But generally such products want to export into the US market are required to handle FCC certification.

Hand warmer is an automatic heating and health care product developed by using physical and chemical principles. This product is very popular because of its novel and unique advantages such as automatic heat generation, fun and practicality. However, if hand warmers want to sell in the EU market, they need CE certification.