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

    Also, some very specialized tools are commercially available. In fact, i’m not sure what kind of tool is so special that you can’t buy it at all, outside of science and advanced measurements and such.