On June 27th, 2025, ECHA announced a public comment on a potential SVHC substance. The public comment will end on August 11th, 2025, during which all stakeholders can submit comments to ECHA. ECHA will comment on the feedback submitted by the public, and if the comments are passed, the substance will be formally included in the SVHC candidate list.

On June 27, 2025, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2025/718 in its Official Gazette (OJEU), formally revising the limits for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and related compounds in Annex I of the EU Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. The revised regulations will take effect on July 17, 2025 and will be implemented from December 3, 2025.

On June 25, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) officially announced that 3 substances will be included in the SVHC list. So far, the EU SVHC candidate list has been officially updated to 250 items.

On June 23, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued an announcement on the implementation rules for quality supervision and random inspection of 136 products such as lithium-ion batteries/battery packs, mobile power supplies, and outdoor power supplies. It will be implemented from the date of release, and the previously released implementation rules for supervision and random inspection of the same products will be abolished at the same time.

On June 5, 2025, the Korean National Radio Research Agency (RRA) issued Announcement No. 2025-41 to revise the EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) test standards for some wireless devices, involving version updates of multiple KS standards. The new regulations will affect the certification process of wireless communications, broadband equipment and DECT products. Enterprises need to adjust the test plan in time to ensure compliance.

On June 16, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that it would include three substances in the new batch of SVHC candidate list at the end of June. At that time, the SVHC candidate list substances will be updated to 250 items.

On June 24, 2022, Australia released the new standard AS/NZS 62368.1:2022 and announced that it will take effect immediately. The standard will be enforced on June 24, 2025, replacing the old standard AS/NZS 62368.1:2018.

Summary of recall cases of electronic and electrical products in the global market in May 2025