Following the public consultation launched by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) on February 26, 2026, for RSS-Gen version 6 and RSS-310 version 6, ISED officially released the official versions of these two standards on July 30, 2026. The new standard takes effect from the date of release, and ISED provides a one-year transition period for both standards, so both the old and new standards will be available until July 30, 2027.

Click this link to view RSS-Gen Issue 6, and click this link to view RSS-310 Issue 6.

On July 30, 2026, the French National Frequency Authority (ANFR) reported the results of market supervision for the first half of 2026 (SAR), reporting a total of five mobile phones and requiring the relevant companies to carry out recalls. Where:

• AGM Note N1, DOOGEE N55 PLUS, INFINIX SMART 9 (X6532), and NOTHING PHONE 3A (A059) phones exceeded the limb SAR limit (limit of 4 W/kg);
• Inspection of the SAMSUNG A55 (SM-A556E/DS) phone revealed multiple issues that did not meet European regulatory requirements: failure to perform conformity assessment procedures and failure to provide technical documentation. Due to these compliance issues, the phone should not be launched in France, and ANFR has not conducted any technical testing on the device.

Click this link to view the original ANFR announcement.

On July 28, 2026, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued Announcement DA 26-786, officially adding foreign-made power inverters and foreign-made advanced robotic equipment to the FCC's "Covered List." Devices listed will be prohibited from obtaining FCC device authorization and cannot be legally sold or deployed in the U.S. market.  

Advanced robotic devices are defined as mechanical mobile devices, including autonomous mobile robots, humanoid robots, and quadruped robots, all of which simultaneously meet all of the following conditions:

• Ability to move, avoid obstacles, navigate, or move on land;
• Based on command or response sensor data, operate at a certain distance from human operators or supervisors;
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• combined weight of equipment and ground stations or base stations (if applicable) exceeds 4.4 pounds
• Each of the following types of components includes: sensors capable of sensing their environment; Components capable of providing network connectivity (wired or wireless, including Bluetooth/Wi-Fi, cellular, or satellite) with a connection speed of at least 200 kbps in either direction; Software running locally or remotely (including firmware and AI/machine learning model weights) is used to control autonomous navigation/motion perception, data collection, or remote command and control of robots.

This definition does not include: "connected vehicles," vehicles operating only on railways, drones or unmanned aerial systems, unmanned underwater vehicles, items classified as devices under § 513 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including surgical instruments, medical/surgical robotic systems, external limb prostheses and components, walking/mobility aids (such as canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs), etc.; Fixed, stationary, non-mobile robots, including articulated, parallel/delta, Cartesian/gantry, or SCARA robots designed for industrial or medical use.

A power inverter refers to equipment that simultaneously meets the following conditions:

• Bidirectional power equipment or systems that convert DC to AC, or AC to DC, including: microinverters, string inverters, centralized inverters, and hybrid (battery-based) inverters;
• Includes components that enable remote communication, control, sensing, data collection, or monitoring via Wi-Fi, cellular networks, Bluetooth, or other similar connection methods.

Click this link to view the full text of FCC DA 26-786 Announcement.

On July 21, 2026, the French National Frequency Agency (ANFR) reported the results of market supervision related to electromagnetic radiation (SAR) for 2025. ANFR inspected 80 mobile devices from 33 brands to verify compliance with European regulatory requirements. A total of 17 product models require corrective actions, including: 

• Nine terminals had SAR values exceeding regulatory limits, including 8 for limb SAR issues (limit of 4 W/kg), and 1 for head SAR (limit of 2 W/kg);
• Eight terminals had administrative non-compliance, especially missing CE markings or missing or incomplete technical documents.

Corrective measures include issuing ANFR-verified software updates, withdrawing products from the market, and recalling sold devices.

Click this link to view the full ANFR announcement. For the list of recalls involved, click this link to view the original ANFR report.

On July 15, 2026, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Council (MCMC) solicited feedback on new IoT functional safety, cybersecurity, and privacy management standards through the Technical Standards Forum Bhd (MTSFB). The main contents are as follows:

• The new technical standard will replace the existing MCMC MTSFB TC G013:2018;
• Malaysia's existing IoT security standards include: Application Security MCMC MTSFB TC G031, Device Security MCMC MTSFB TC G031, Privacy Requirements MCMC MTSFB TC G031, and Functional Safety MCMC MTSFB TC G031. These standards are referenced in the new draft standards. Because the new standard references content from the above standards, the technical and compliance difficulties have greatly increased;
• The standard requires functional safety, network security, and privacy controls throughout the entire device lifecycle: vendors must provide long-term signed OTA firmware updates, vulnerability response mechanisms, continuous security monitoring, and fault traceability log retention.

Click this link to view the original draft standard and the submission portal. Comments are accepted until August 15, 2026.

On July 14, 2026, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand issued a notice soliciting public comments on the draft revision of the "Safety Standard for the Use of Radio Communication Equipment for Human Health" (NBTC 5001–256X), which proposes to specify electromagnetic wave exposure limits and measurement methods for radio communication equipment in the frequency range from 8.3 kHz to 300 GHz. The measurement method adopted is IEC/IEEE 62209-1528:2020.

Click this link to view the original NBTC announcement. The deadline for feedback is September 14, 2026.

On July 14, 2026, the European Commission adopted Implementation Resolution (EU) 2026/1763, issuing six unified standards for digital product passports (DPPs) supporting the Eco-Design for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, EU 2024/1781). The resolution was published in the Official Journal of the EU and took effect immediately. According to the resolution, digital product passports that meet these unified standards can be presumed to meet the requirements of Articles 10 and 11 of the regulations, providing companies with a clear path to compliance.

The six standards include:

• EN 18216:2026 "Digital Product Passport – Data Interchange Protocol";
• EN 18219:2026 "Digital Product Passport - Unique Identifier";
• EN 18220:2026 "Digital Product Passport – Data Carrier";
• EN 18221:2026 "Digital Product Passport – Data Storage, Archiving and Data Persistence";
• EN 18222:2026 "Digital Product Passport – Application Programming Interface (API) for Product Passport Lifecycle Management and Searchability";
• EN 18223:2026 "Digital Product Passport – System Interoperability".

For mobile devices, ESPR replaces the Native Eco-Design Directive (2009/125/EC), and thus serves as the superior regulation to the Eco-Design Regulation (EU) 2023/1670. Currently, ESPR's requirements for digital passports will first apply to products such as steel, and automobile/industrial batteries, but the mandatory implementation date for mobile terminals has yet to be determined. The main compliance consideration for ESPR for mobile devices is to implement the relevant eco-design requirements according to (EU) 2023/1670.

Click this link to view the original text of Implementing Resolution (EU) 2026/1763.

On July 13, 2026, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) publicly solicited comments on the draft RSS-193 Issue 2. Compared to Issue 1, released on July 11, 2025, the main changes in the draft of Issue 2 are:

• Added 24.25-27.5 GHz (n258) spectrum, connecting with the existing 27.5-28.35 GHz (n261) spectrum;
• Added 37.6-40.0 GHz (n260);
• Base station equipment operating in the 24.45-24.65 GHz band must indicate in the device unit or user manual: "Operation within 24.45-24.65 GHz is intended for indoor use only";
• There are special requirements for spurious noise in the 23.6-24GHz band: base station equipment requires -39dBW/200MHz, and user devices require -35dBW/200MHz.

Click this link to view the original comment period, with the deadline for comments being September 21, 2026.

On July 10, 2026, the Chilean Telecommunications Authority (SUBTEL) issued Exemption Resolution No. 1247, which consolidated Exemption Resolution No. 1985. The main changes include:

• The expression of power parameters is comprehensively standardized, replacing the ambiguous terms "radiated power" and "power" mixed in the original text with "equivalent omnidirectional radiated power (P.I.R.E.)";
• Deleted the test clause (a.2) in Article 1 of the original 1985 resolution concerning frequency stability under extreme operating conditions.

Click this link to view the original text of SUBTEL Exemption Resolution No. 1247.

On July 10, 2026, Brazil officially issued CONAMA Resolution 516/2026, introducing a new framework for hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). The regulations came into effect on the date of issuance. The regulation sets mandatory limits for ten hazardous substances and establishes a new compliance framework that manufacturers and importers must comply with before placing products on the Brazilian market. Currently, a national registration platform is still under development.

The control of ten types of harmful substances will be implemented in phases:

• Immediate implementation: polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) ≤ 0.1%, polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDE) ≤ 0.1%;
• Effective after 180 days: Mercury (Hg) ≤ 0.1%;
• Effective after three years: cadmium (Cd) ≤ 0.01%, hexavalent chromium (CrVI) ≤ 0.1%, lead (Pb) ≤ 0.1%;
• Effective after four years: di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) ≤ 0.1%, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (GDP) ≤ 0.1%, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) ≤ 0.1%, diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) ≤ 0.1%.

Click this link to view the original text of Resolution 516/2026.