South Korea Plans to Revise Safety Standards for Recycling Used Lithium - ion Batteries

The Korea National Institute of Technology Standards issued Announcement No. 2023 - 0114, proposing to revise the Safety Standard for Electrical Products KC 10031 and establish safety standards for recycled lithium - ion batteries. This revision applies to secondary batteries and cells containing alkaline or other non - acidic electrolytes, and the products involved are electrical appliances and consumer products (recycled batteries).

The new safety standards include four aspects, namely general requirements, quality and performance requirements, functional safety inspection, and safety standards for batteries used in ESS. Among these standards, requirements are set for the collection, storage and decomposition of relevant information on the pre - treatment such as handling and storage of reusable batteries. At the same time, functional safety inspections are carried out on the S/W verification of the battery management system (BMS), over - charging voltage and current tests, over - heat control tests, etc.

The proposed approval date and proposed effective time of this revision are October 19, 2023, and the comment deadline is June 12, 2023.

In view of these policy changes, people are reminded to pay close attention to the updates of South Korean policies and technical standards for battery - powered electrical products to avoid unnecessary losses. At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen R & D innovation, develop new high - efficiency and energy - saving battery technologies to seize market opportunities, and do a good job in inspection and management throughout the entire chain to ensure that products meet the indicator requirements of the regulatory authorities in the target market.