No it doesn't. This is appleinsider, and obviously they think everything is about Apple.
But if you read the proposal, it never mentions smartphones. It is fairly clear that this aims to target other types of electronics such as hand tools.
I'm pretty sure EU is satisfied with at cost smartphone battery replacement policy they introduced while back. The whole point is to not scrap electronics just because the battery is old, not that average Joe should be able to do it himself for the cost of making phones more expensive to produce or lose IP ratings.
I quickly skimmed the regulation [1] and don't see how you can conclude that from it. It mentions only 3 categories. Portable, industrial and automotive. Portable devices have to be user replaceable with commercial available tools. Smartphones were not explicitly mentioned so they are not excluded from this. The only way I see is if they would make iPhones intended to be washable they are exempt.
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36713290