Taiwan BSMI to add the stationary lithium battery storage appliances to the list of items subject to RoHS

On July 30, 2024, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs issued a draft of the “Regulation on inspection of stationary lithium battery storage appliances requiring inspection” and started soliciting comments. According to the explanation of the Bureau of Standards, the regulation was issued to regulate the stationary lithium battery storage appliances that have become popular with the increasing use of renewable energy. This kind of stationary lithium battery storage appliances may pose a threat to the public safety due to the difficulty in putting out a fire when a thermal runaway occurs, so it was added to the list of items subject to mandatory inspection.

Since the Article 5 of CNS 15665 (Taiwan RoHS) is included in the inspection standards to be complied with, once the regulation is issued, the stationary lithium battery storage appliances will be added to the list of items subject to Taiwan’s RoHS regulation.

Inspection standards and inspection methods

The inspection standards and inspection methods for stationary lithium battery storage appliances are as follows.

Scheduled effective date

The regulation is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2025. Inspections for the above regulated product imported or manufactured in Taiwan will be implemented after July 1, 2025.

Requirements of Taiwan RoHS

• Product packaging, labels, instruction manuals, and the product itself must all identify the presence of prohibited compounds (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB, and PBDE) in accordance with CNS 15663 Article 5 “Marking of presence” (Taiwan RoHS).
• If the information on the presence of restricted substances is provided through a website, the URL should be displayed on the product itself, packaging, label, or instruction manual.