Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...
The good thing about european union rules is that there's a big enough market that they want to follow their rules, but not big enough that they can make a separate production chain for everything, so it's easier to follow the rules globally. Like iphones and usb c, just using usb c everywhere is easier.