Regulatory Trends in Consumer Electronics 2025: a 12-18 Month Outlook
A 12-18 month outlook for regulatory trends in consumer electronics
The world of consumer electronics is changing, reflected by consumer and legislative demands for more sustainable practices and products. More importance is being placed on climate neutral, resource-efficient economies, resulting in increased regulations everywhere.
The added complexity of connected devices, challenging traditional concepts of product safety, is resulting in even greater regulation of extended producer responsibility, circular economy and sustainability.
(Source: C2P by Compliance & Risks)
The figure on the right shows a 72% increase in regulations for consumer electronics manufacturers since 2018, with 28,851 regulations in place by 2025 (and pending).
Hot Topics
Here’s a bird’s-eye view of the regulatory topics you need to be aware of to get your consumer electronics products on the market – and keep them there.
Sustainable Products in the Limelight
Never before has the need to protect our environment been more to the forefront of the world’s consciousness. Regulators are fast responding enacting measures focused on minimising the environmental impacts of products.
The net result is even more regulation to contend with.
As noted by the EU Commission “Products use up massive amounts of materials, energy and other resources and cause significant environmental impacts throughout their lifecycle, from the extraction of raw materials, to manufacture, transport, use and end of life. Half of global greenhouse gases and 90% of biodiversity loss are caused by extracting and processing primary raw materials.”
(Source: C2P by Compliance & Risks)
Top Trending Regulations
Listed below are the key regulations that will be impacting your business over the next 12-18 months:
- EU: Framework for Setting Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products (ESPR), Regulation (EU) 2024/1781
- China: RoHS Standard Amendment No. 1 on Addition of Four Phthalates to the Restricted Substances List, 2024
- Colorado (USA): Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals Protection Act, 2024
- EU: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD), Directive (EU) 2024/1760
- EU: Radio Equipment, Directive 2014/53/EU – Amendment – (on the making available on the market of a common charger for electronic devices) Directive (EU) 2022/2380
- Argentina: Conformity Assessment Framework, Resolution No. 237, 2024
- New York (USA): Extended Producer Responsibility for Household Appliances and Refrigerants, Senate Bill 1459, 2025
- Scotland (UK): Circular Economy Act, 2024
- EU: Batteries and Waste Batteries, Regulation (EU) 2023/1542
- Latvia: Regulations on Conformity Assessment, Placing on the Market, Installation and Use of Radio Equipment, Regulation No. 215, 2024
- Uzbekistan: Technical Regulations on Restricting the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products, Resolution No. 517, 2025
- Russian Federation: List of Russian Software to be Pre-installed on Communications and Computer Equipment, Order No. 2241-r, 2025
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