China Proposes to Add Phthalates to the National RoHS Regulation

​On March 14th, 2022, China Working Group on Pollution Prevention Standards for Electrical and Electronic Products of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) (hereinafter referred to as the Working Group) organized the meeting for deepening the management of restricted use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products by planning to include four phthalates to the National RoHS measure.

China restricts lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)), PBB and PBDEs in 12 electronic and electrical product categories. The Working Group is now considering to include four phthalates (DEHP (CAS: 117-81-7), BBP (CAS: 85-68-7), DBP (CAS: 84-74-2), DIBP (CAS: 84-69-5)) to the list of hazardous substances of "Measures for the administration of restricted use of harmful substances in electrical and electronic products" (China RoHS) and further strengthen the China RoHS supervision and management mechanism.