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  • Electric bicycle batteries will be mandatory under national regulation

    Electric bicycle batteries will be mandatory under national regulation

    Verview: On January 12, 2022, the Standardization Administration of the P.R.C. issued the notice of “Guidelines for National Standardization Establishment in 2022″. This notice aims to implement the “National Standardization Development Outline” and do a good job in stand...
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  • About Appendix 12

    About Appendix 12

    Appendix 12    Recently many clients asked us if MCM has been qualified to test Appendix 12. Prior to answering it, we would like to talk about it. What is Appendix 12? And what is the content of it?   Appendix 12 is the 12th appendix of Explanation of the Ministerial Ordinance for Determining T...
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  • ICAO intends to require a total SOC of no more than 30 percent for lithium ion battery transportation

    ICAO intends to require a total SOC of no more than 30 percent for lithium ion battery transportation

    In November 2021, ICAO dangerous Goods Group proposed in the meeting: considering reducing the risk of transportation of lithium batteries, it is suggested to add 30% limit of SOC to the parts of packaging instructions PI967, PI966, PI974, PI910 and other parts of lithium batteries transported i...
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  • Saudi SASO RoHS technical regulation will be delayed to July 4, 2022.

    Saudi SASO RoHS technical regulation will be delayed to July 4, 2022.

      Saudi Standards and Metrology Organization (SASO) has announced that the implementation of the Saudi Technical Regulations for Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) which was supposed to be on January 5, 2022, will be postponed for a period of 6 months in stages as shown below: Product...
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  • Ministry of Finance Issued a Notice on the Subsidy Policy for Promoting New Energy Vehicles in 2022

    Ministry of Finance Issued a Notice on the Subsidy Policy for Promoting New Energy Vehicles in 2022

    Brief: Dec. 31th, 2021, in order to further promote the high quality development of new energy industry, as well as promotion and application of new energy vehicles, Ministry of Finance issued a notice on the subsidy policy for promoting new energy vehicles in 2022. 1.The background of the Noti...
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  • Indonesia|2022 Plan for Incorporating Power Bank in the Mandatory

    Indonesia|2022 Plan for Incorporating Power Bank in the Mandatory

    BSN (Indonesian National Standards has issued a Plan National Technical Regulation Program (PNRT) 2022. The safety requirement of portable power bank using lithium-based secondary battery as a power source will be included in the list of certification program. Power bank certificate testing stan...
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  • Sodium-ion Batteries for Transport Shall Undergo UN38.3 Test

    Sodium-ion Batteries for Transport Shall Undergo UN38.3 Test

    Background: The meeting of UN TDG held from November 29 to December 8, 2021 has approved a proposal which is concerned about amendments to sodium-ion battery control. Committee of experts plans to draft amendments to the twenty-second revised edition of the Recommendations on the Transport of Da...
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  • Inspection and testing instituations will be included in the certification and accreditation management regulations

    Inspection and testing instituations will be included in the certification and accreditation management regulations

    On November 22nd, 2021, the National Certification Accreditation Management Commission issued an announcement on the revised draft of the “Regulations on Certification and Accreditation of the People’s Republic of China” (Draft for solicitation of comments). In order to meet the requirements of ...
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  • FAQ about CE Certification

    FAQ about CE Certification

    CE Mark Scope: The CE mark is only applicable to products within the scope of EU regulations. Products bearing the CE mark indicate that they have been assessed to comply with EU safety, health and environmental protection requirements. Products manufactured anywhere in the world require the CE ...
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  • UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Rev. 22 release

    UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods Rev. 22 release

    Overview: In November, the United Nations economic commission for dangerous goods transportation team released the UN dangerous goods regulations proposal template version 22, this regulation model is mainly for a variety of transportation way to provide a basic operation requirements, to provid...
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  • The release of UL 2054 edition three

    The release of UL 2054 edition three

      Overview: UL 2054 Ed.3 was released on November 17, 2021. As a member of the UL standard, MCM participated in the review of the standard, and made reasonable suggestions for the modification which was adopted afterwards.   Revised Content: The changes made to the standards are mainly in...
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  • Interpretation of New Standard: Lithium-ion Cells and Batteries Used in Self-balancing Vehicle—Safety Requirements

    Interpretation of New Standard: Lithium-ion Cells and Batteries Used in Self-balancing Vehicle—Safety Requirements

    Standard Review: The new standard GB/T 40559:Lithium-ion cells and batteries used in self-balancing vehicle—safety Requirements has been released on the official website of Standardization administration of the P.R.C. in Oct 11th, 2021. This standard will come into effect in May 1st, 2022. This...
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