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EU will require removable batteries from 2027 (www.consilium.europa.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

EU is not in it's first Rodeo.

refusing to make batteries, covered, regulation demands 5 years of supplying spare batteries from the putting of the last unit of the product model to the market
yanking prices sky high, covered, regulation says spare batteries must be offered at reasonable cost and non-discriminatory basis
software locking out third party batteries, covered, regulation say software cannot be used to impede using compatible batteries.
trying to get money via selling special tools, covered, special tools can't be demanded to be used to disassemble the product to change the battery, unless said tools is provided free of charge with the product.

Not EU's first rodeo.