Recently, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) officially approved the abolition of portable lighting types from the Title20 Home Appliances Regulations, effective April 25, 2023. This means that portable lighting fixtures will no longer need to meet the requirements of Title 20 regulations before being sold in California, but other regulated lighting products will not be affected. For portable lighting fixtures that use LED bulbs as light sources, bulbs still need to meet the requirements of Title 20!

On April 12, 2023, the European Chemical Administration (ECHA) recommended that the European Commission include eight substances, including lead, in the REACH authorization list. Once a substance is added to the list, the company will need to apply for authorization to continue using these substances.

In order to ensure the quality and safety of the mobile power supply, the mobile power supply before entering the market needs to be tested and certified by an authoritative third-party inspection and certification body. Applicable standards for mobile power supply include: GB 4943.1, GB 31241, GB/T 35590 and so on; Among them, GB 4943.1-2022 and GB 31241-2022 will be adopted for CCC certification of mobile power supply.

On April 21st, 2023, California Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office (OEHHA) added 1,1,1- trichloroethane (CAS registration number 71-55-6) and leucomalachite green (CAS registration number 129-73-7) to the list of hazardous substances in California, because of carcinogenicity.

Energy storage power refers to the storage of electric energy, and the usual mobile phone charging treasure can also be regarded as a kind of energy storage power, but generally the energy storage power refers to the power supply with high battery capacity and high charging and discharging current. Energy storage power supply has the characteristics of light weight, large capacity, high power, long service life and strong stability. It can output common power interfaces such as DC and AC, and can also supply power for notebook computers, drones, photographic lights, projectors, rice cookers, electric fans, kettles and other equipment. However, in general, such products need to be certified by FCC if they want to export into the American market.

Intelligent desk lamp is not a traditional lamp, but a kind of intelligent equipment. Besides the intelligent desk lamp body, there is also a hand-held intelligent control device. Intelligent table lamp control equipment has computing power and network connection ability, and its functions can be continuously expanded through application programs, such as controlling the brightness of lights, timing switches, countdown lights, etc., which is very convenient. However, in general, it is necessary to apply for CE certification if such products want to be exported to the EU market.

On April 10, 2023, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China issued a notice on the implementation rules of the State supervision and random inspection of the quality of 90 products including children\'s and infants\' clothing. Local market supervision departments may refer to the implementation when carrying out supervision and random inspection. The rules for the implementation of state supervision and random inspection of the same products issued in the past shall be abolished at the same time.

Aerial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a tool to take high-definition photos or video from a height by using UAV, which is mainly used in urban management, topographic mapping, power inspection, disaster monitoring, aerial photography, oil exploration, film and television shooting and other fields. However, in general, such products need FCC-ID certification if they want to export into the American market.