In April 2022, the Brazilian National Communications Administration ANATEL issued Act No. 5159, which proposed new requirements for mobile phone chargers and came into force on October 26, 2022. This Act aims to repeal the previous Act No. 3481, which includes some changes to the EMC test of the vehicle charger and some mechanical test requirements for the wall charger plug.

On October 10, 2022, the Brazilian National Communications Administration ANATEL issued official document No. 218/2022. This document gives a normative explanation of the definitions of removable RF modules and non removable RF modules, and puts forward clear requirements for the certification and approval procedures of different types of products containing these two types of RF modules.

On September 23, 2022, the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) issued the Technical Regulations on Ornaments and Accessories in its official gazette. This technical regulation specifies the basic requirements for accessories and accessories sold on the Saudi Arabian market and the conformity assessment procedures to be followed by suppliers, which will be officially implemented on March 22, 2023.

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On October 12, 2022, California, the United States, issued two \"60 day violation notices\" based on California Proposition 65 for bisphenol A (BPA). These violation notices involved sports bras and sweatshirts sold by more than ten brands, retailers or manufacturers.

On October 11, 2022, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration announced that some electronic and electrical products will no longer be subject to compulsory product certification management.

On October 7, 2022, Canada notified a technical trade measure related to radio communication, with the notification number of G/TBT/N/CAN/682. This measure specifies the technical requirements and evaluation procedures for operating equipment in the range of 3KHz to 10MHz to prove that it complies with the radio frequency (RF) exposure limit specified in RSS-102. This measure is applicable to all radio equipment generating RF emission within this range, and also to some equipment causing interference, especially industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment. This measure has come into force on October 4, 2022.

On September 23, 2022, the State Council issued the Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of the Management System of the Electronic and Electrical Industry (GBF [2022] No. 31). According to the notice, since September 23, the 9 types of products allocated from the CCC directory will not be controlled at the level of compulsory certification. The application for compulsory certification involved in the process will be stopped, and the certification authority will no longer issue certificates. Enterprises can conduct voluntary certification if necessary. It is estimated that mandatory certification activities can be carried out for new battery products in 90 days due to factors such as the WTO meeting and the updating of certification implementation rules.