The air and sea appraisal is a necessary document for the shipment of lithium batteries or goods containing lithium batteries by air or sea. Its purpose is to ensure the safety of the transportation of batteries or products with batteries. The air and sea certificates are updated annually following the annual update of the transportation rules. ZRLK Warm Reminder: In order to avoid peak periods, please make preparations in advance for the annual update of the 2021 air and sea appraisal, so as not to affect normal shipments!

On September 24, 2020, ECHA issued an enforcement report. The focus of enforcement is the restriction requirements of Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation, focusing on the inspection of lead, cadmium, and mercury in commodities. The compliance status of chromium, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalates was checked. In the inspection of restricted substances on 1,225 products, 221 products (17%) were found to be non-compliant, of which 155 non-compliant products from China, accounting for about 73.5 of the total number of products that did not meet REACH restrictions %. Therefore, importers of articles containing chemical substances must ensure that products placed on the EU market comply with REACH obligations to reduce unnecessary losses.

IATA recently released the 62nd edition of the DGR \"Dangerous Goods Regulations\" in 2021. The new version of DGR includes the contents of the \"ICAO 2021-2022 Technical Instructions\" issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization Dangerous Goods Group and the revised contents approved by the IATA Committee. Relevant air transportation rules including various dangerous goods and lithium batteries have been revised.

On September 28, according to \"India Today\" media reports: After targeting the suppression of Chinese apps, the Indian government is considering imposing import restrictions on more than 370 Chinese products. This is after India announced in April this year that it will implement BIS compulsory certification inspections for 12 major products including lighting, keyboards, Bluetooth headsets, USB external hard drives, induction cookers, rice cookers, etc. from October 1st. It will be fully implemented before March next year.

On October 1, 2020, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India (MEITY) issued an announcement that seven new products have been added to the CRS mandatory registration certification list. Specifically, wireless microphones, digital cameras, video camcorders, webcams, smart speakers, LED product dimmers, and Bluetooth speakers. The mandatory implementation time of this batch of product list (fifth batch) will start 6 months after the official announcement, that is, the implementation will officially start on April 1, 2021, which means that the relevant manufacturers have 6 months to prepare And complete the CRS registration requirements.

On September 23, 2020, the European Commission submitted a notification of G/TBT/N/EU/749 to the WTO. This notification aims to amend the list of restricted substances in Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation. The use of formamide (DMF) as a substance or in a mixture is restricted. The draft will take effect 20 days after the official gazette is published, with a two-year buffer period, which will be officially implemented 24 months after its entry into force.

On September 22, I received emails requesting compliance documents from Amazon. They were basically sellers of toys, furniture, and accessories. Other categories have not received product compliance documents request emails. If the product compliance documents are not submitted as scheduled before November 9, the seller’s listing will be removed.

On September 16, 2020, BIS issued an official document, emphasizing the following: 1. The implementation time of the fourth batch of CRO compulsory certification products has been delayed MeitY decided to extend the implementation time of the fourth batch of CRO compulsory certification products from October 1, 2020 to April 1, 2021. 2. Amendment to the product description of item SI No. 45 The entry \"Standalone LED Modules for General Lighting\" in column (2) SI No.45 in the April 1, 2020 notice should be replaced with \"Independent LED Modules for General Lighting\".