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do you have a source for this?

sva_ 3y ago
This was my source (in German): https://www.heise.de/news/Akkus-von-Smartphones-und-Tablets-duerfen-weiterhin-fest-eingebaut-werden-7486224.html https://www.heise.de/news/Akkus-von-Smartphones-und-Tablets-... The new law seems to exempt some devices by article 11. But I now think the article might just be dated or wrong. Here's the passage translated by DeepL: > However, Article 11 explicitly leaves room for more specific rules that ensure a "higher level of environmental and health protection." For smartphones and tablets, the Commission and member states already adopted so-called ecodesign rules in November that give manufacturers a choice: Either they design their smartphones and tablets so that users can replace the battery. Or they install the battery permanently, in which case it must still have at least 83 percent of its capacity after 500 charging cycles and at least 80 percent after 1,000 charging cycles. Smartphones must then also be dustproof and waterproof. > From the EU Commission's point of view, these special ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets guarantee a higher level of environmental protection and health protection than the Battery Ordinance. This applies "in particular due to the durability requirements," the Commission informed c't in response to an inquiry. Therefore, the ecodesign rules are applicable, it said. These come into force after a transition period of 21 months and thus earlier than the Battery Ordinance. From my limited reading, article 11 only applies to devices that are built to be used in wet environments though. The original proposal: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0798&rid=1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL... Quote Article 11: > 2. The obligations set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply where > ... > (b) the functioning of the battery is only possible when the battery is integrated into the structure of the appliance. A smart lawyer could probably argue that a phone can not properly function when exposed to the elements without being integrated into the structure. But I don't know.

sva_ 3y ago

This was my source (in German): https://www.heise.de/news/Akkus-von-Smartphones-und-Tablets-duerfen-weiterhin-fest-eingebaut-werden-7486224.html https://www.heise.de/news/Akkus-von-Smartphones-und-Tablets-... The new law seems to exempt some devices by article 11. But I now think the article might just be dated or wrong. Here's the passage translated by DeepL: > However, Article 11 explicitly leaves room for more specific rules that ensure a "higher level of environmental and health protection." For smartphones and tablets, the Commission and member states already adopted so-called ecodesign rules in November that give manufacturers a choice: Either they design their smartphones and tablets so that users can replace the battery. Or they install the battery permanently, in which case it must still have at least 83 percent of its capacity after 500 charging cycles and at least 80 percent after 1,000 charging cycles. Smartphones must then also be dustproof and waterproof. > From the EU Commission's point of view, these special ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets guarantee a higher level of environmental protection and health protection than the Battery Ordinance. This applies "in particular due to the durability requirements," the Commission informed c't in response to an inquiry. Therefore, the ecodesign rules are applicable, it said. These come into force after a transition period of 21 months and thus earlier than the Battery Ordinance. From my limited reading, article 11 only applies to devices that are built to be used in wet environments though. The original proposal: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0798&rid=1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL... Quote Article 11: > 2. The obligations set out in paragraph 1 shall not apply where > ... > (b) the functioning of the battery is only possible when the battery is integrated into the structure of the appliance. A smart lawyer could probably argue that a phone can not properly function when exposed to the elements without being integrated into the structure. But I don't know.