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Originally Posted by Gormagon
Since nobody has linked the text of the regulation it's all speculation from people who haven't read the original text. I haven't read it either but then I don't speculate which type of devices will be sold in the EU in the future.
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I hate to pop your balloon but I have posted quotes from the relevant portion regulation's Section 11 and attached the PDF of the entire regulation on several occasions.
The most relevant clause to the discussion that seems to circle endlessly on MobileRead is the following:
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Article 11, section 1, paragraph 2:
A portable battery shall be considered readily removable by the end- user where it can be removed from a product with the use of commercially available tools, without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless provided free of charge with the product, proprietary tools, thermal energy, or solvents to disassemble the product.
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This makes it pretty clear that a battery door and drop in replacement is not part of this regulation.
As mentioned on multiple occasions, many of Kobo's ereaders with their easily removable back covers and batteries with either a connector or simple solder connections already meet the requirements of this regulation.
I have attached the English version of the EU regulation 2023/1542 to this message in the likely vain hope that this time someone will bother to read section 11.