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.
Hopefully we can see some phones come to market without gobs of adhesive holding them together. It’d be great if I could actually open my phone with just a screwdriver. I truly don’t mind seeing screws on my device, especially since it almost instantly gets tossed into a case anyways.