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.
They either make 2 versions of the device, 1 for the EU and 1 for the rest of the world, or they just make the EU version for the whole world.