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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

It states that any battery should be removable and replaceable by the user. So this slap on tactic will only work if your device has no internal battery.

I also noticed this is for all batteries. Not just phones, but also cars etc.

EDIT: As any EU law there is a lot of nuance and exceptions. I dig a little further and found the following:

The regulation introduces requirements that say that portable batteries should be easily removable and replaceable by the end-user and LMT batteries and cells in LMT batteries should be easily removable and replaceable by an independent professional.

So what is LMT?

The regulation defines five battery categories depending on how the battery is used:

  • Portable batteries
  • Light means of transport (LMT) batteries
  • Starting, lighting and ignition (SLI) batteries
  • Industrial batteries
  • Electric vehicle (EV) batteries

I couldn't find any concrete wording for "easily removed and replaceable". But I sure hope it means no more glue for the portable batteries.

Source: https://www.intertek.com/blog/2023/08-17-battery-regulation/

[–] aulin 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean only if it has no internal battery? This will make it so they can't fuse a battery in place and call it internal. It has to be removable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That is what I meant?

That it is nice the op has a battery-case for their phone, but that it will not fly under the new law unless the phone has no internal battery.

[–] aulin 1 points 10 months ago

You mean an internal battery in addition to a main removable one? Sorry if I'm being dense.

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