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.
Ah, bummer. Some of the other EVS are obviously designed to be disposable (or at least not third-party serviceable), which I don’t feel is exactly a win for the environment.