It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

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    1 year ago

    You can get that done at service centre for ~60 bucks in less than 2 hours once in 4 years, right?

    Sent from Iphone8 with a replaced battery.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but it’s a 50/50 gamble that Apple Pay and FaceID will still work if the phone doesn’t recognize it as a legitimate component. I had it done at an Apple Store and they couldn’t figure it out.