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.
I want a laptop keyboard like ThinkPad T60, and usually the explanation why not is “aesthetics”. Because we don’t type on keyboards, we bloody look at them all day feeling fancy.