2025年2月28日，歐盟化學品管理局（ECHA）公布了新一批SVHC咨詢物質清單，3項潛在的SVHC物質展開公眾評議，公眾評議將于2025年4月14日結束，在此期間各利益相關方均可向ECHA提交評議意見。ECHA將會對公眾提交的反饋意見進行評議，如這3項物質通過評議將被加入SVHC正式候選清單。

On February 18th, 2025, the EU issued the revised draft of POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, proposing to revise the limits of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The draft is currently in the public consultation period, and stakeholders can submit feedback before March 18, 2025. The final control requirements are subject to the final resolution of the European Commission.

On February 18th, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added n-hexane to the intention list of SVHC. ECHA is expected to launch a public comment on this substance in September, 2025. If the comment is passed, it will be formally included in the candidate list of SVHC.

On January 21st, 2025, ECHA officially announced the inclusion of five substances in the list of SVHC substances. So far, the EU SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 247 items.

On February 6, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) withdrew \"formaldehyde\" from SVHC\'s list of intentional substances. So far, the list of SVHC substances is as follows: 247 SVHC candidate list substances; 5 intentional substances; One (resorcinol) substance to be determined.

On January 13th, 2025, the working group of pollution prevention standards for electrical and electronic products in China issued an explanatory notice on the coordinated implementation of the two standards, namely, Requirements for Labeling of Hazardous Substances Restricted in Electrical and Electronic Products (SJ/T11364-2024) and Requirements for Limited Substances in Electronic and Electrical Products (GB/T26572-2011).

On April 25th, 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) of Vietnam issued an announcement and a draft technical regulation QCVN 134:2024/BTTTT. The draft technical regulations stipulate the limits and methods for measuring the specific absorption rate (SAR) of mobile phones, which will be applicable to entities engaged in the manufacture, import, trade and operation of mobile phones in Vietnam.

On December 31, 2024, the official gazette of the European Union officially issued the BPA ban (EU) 2024/3190, which requires further revision of the plastic regulation (EU)No 10/2011 and the abolition of (EU)2018/213, and will take effect on January 20, 2025. The release of the ban marks a total ban on the use of bisphenol A in the European Union and member countries, and its influence is extremely wide, involving many related fields and enterprises. Relevant enterprises need to prepare in advance!