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.
Throwing your “broken” phone away because the battery is out of cycles is like throwing your guitar away when a string breaks or throwing your bike away when a tire goes flat. It’s just stupid and wasteful, and it benefits nobody other than the companies that make and sell phones.