China Light Electric Vehicles and Batteries Product Quality Supervision & Inspection Center and China Electric Bicycle Quality Supervision & Inspection Center conducted national random inspection of electric bicycles.The result shows 10 lots of them are non-compliant. ...

The Official Journal of the European Union released Decision (EU) 2017/176 on 2 Feb. 2017 to notify the update of EU Ecolabel for wood flooring on 25 Jan. 2017. The Ecolabel is applied to wood-, cork- and bamboo-based floor coverings. The revised criteria, along with the related assessment and verification requirements should be valid for six years from the date of notification of this Decision. ...

For the purpose of development of electric bicycles, Standardisation Administration of China (SAC) notified Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to revise the mandatory national standard GB17761-1999 Electric bicycles – General technical requirements, which revealed some problems including the absence of mechanical, electric and fire protection requirements in the standard on 10 Feb. 2017. New bicycle standard under development To diminish the saf ...

Portable batteries and accumulators intended for use in cordless power tools were exempted from cadmium ban, but the amendment Directive 2013/56/EU sets forth that such products shall also be subject to a limit of 0,002% for cadmium since 1 January 2017. Published in Sept. 2006, the new Battery Directive 2006/66/EC sets forth a mercury ban (0,0005% /w) for batteries and accumulators and a cadmium ban (0,002%/w) for portable batteries and accumulators. However, portable batte ...

On 16 January 2017, Nepal released children’s toy standard to regulate 12 toxic substances in children’s toys, clarify the scope, test procedures and certification mechanism of toys. The standard becomes effective on the 181th day following its publication in Nepal Gazette. Scope: Toy means construction sets, dolls and miniatures, vehicles, puzzles, collectibles, promotional merchandise, electric and electronic toys and educational sets to be used by children of up to 16 ...

On 22 January 2016, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) released 2017 China Quality Supervision Catalogue of Key Industrial Products (“Catalogue”). It is noteworthy that the products listed in the catalogue are the focus of quality supervision in 2017. The catalogue includes daily consumer products, building decoration materials, industrial production materials, agricultural production materia ...

On 1 December 2016, Switzerland revised Toys Ordinance to be in line with the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC. Effective on 1 May, the new standard allows those toys compliant with the old version continue to be sold until 30 April 2017. The highlights of amendments are as below: 1. Revise some provisions as regards Annex 1 list of toys not considered as toys and Annex 2 physical and mechanical properties for the interest of clarity; 2. Include safety requirements for activi ...

On 21 December 2016, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) updates EN 71-12:2016 N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances, which will be transposed to standards of Member States before June 2017 at the latest. By the time, the new version will supersede EN 71-12:2013 and cancel conflicting standards. Major amendments in EN 71-12:2016: 1. Revise the definition for “finger paint” so that it is in line with that in the European Standard Finger paints - Requir ...

On 10 February 2017, EU notifies WTO of a draft amendment to exemption 39 of Annex III as regards the use of cadmium in certain colour converting light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by Notification G/TBT/N/EU/452. It renews two-year duration for the exemption to allow sufficient time for economic operators. The draft will be approved in May 2017 and take into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The current Annex III ex ...

On 17 Jan, 2017, CFDA and AQSIQ jointly issued a Notice regarding Pilot Implementation of Record-keeping for Imported Non-special Use Cosmetics in Shanghai Pudong New Area (Notice No.7.2017). It means from 1 Mar, 2017 to 21 Dec, 2018, the regulatory regime of first imported non-special use cosmetics in Shanghai Pudong New Area will change to record-keeping from current registration. On 18 Jan, 2017, CFDA issued a Notice on Work Program of Record-keeping for Imported Non-spec ...