Waste portable batteries incorporated in appliances that are readily removable by the end user without the use of professional tools shall be removed and discarded by end users in accordance with paragraph 1.
From that wording, I’d think it would be legal to ship a phone that requires a screwdriver and a sprunger to replace the battery. I guess we’ll find out the first time this is challenged in the EUs courts.
Let me not misrepresent. As per http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2020/0798/COM_COM(2020)0798_EN.pdf
From that wording, I’d think it would be legal to ship a phone that requires a screwdriver and a sprunger to replace the battery. I guess we’ll find out the first time this is challenged in the EUs courts.