I've always read that it's down to an EU tax, without that limitation the device gets classed as a video camera and has a sizable import fee: https://www.borrow

I've always read that it's down to an EU tax, without that limitation the device gets classed as a video camera and has a sizable import fee: https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/video-recording-limits-in-mirrorless-and-dslr-cameras/ https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/video-recording-limits-in-... An answer here https://photo.stackexchange.com/a/21181 https://photo.stackexchange.com/a/21181 says it's to do with codec licensing but the businesswire link is dead and I can't find anything else to back it up.