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EU Exempts Wearables From Replaceable Battery Rules

The European Commission has adopted exemptions to its battery regulation that spare six new categories of electronics from carrying user-replaceable batteries, wearables among them. The EU started enforcing its Batteries Regulation in 2023 as part of the European Green Deal, though the replaceable battery requirement does not bite until 2027. That rule has already pushed…