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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I hope not too but if they do I’ll be hopping over the channel for French one.
SKUs for Britain were always different when Apple was still putting chargers in the box. There’s no issue to have UK only SKU.