Regulations – Wheat From The Chaff

EU Proposals on motorcycles – Separating The Wheat From The Chaff Riders in the UK and in Ireland are up in arms about the EU Commission’s proposals for motorcycles.  Protest demonstrations have been organised for the 25th September throughout the UK and Ireland. There are many issues of which riders have justifiable reasons to express […]

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Regulation Consultation DfT

The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has launched a consultation on the proposed new European regulation on the type approval process for motorcycles, three wheeled vehicles and quadricycles. The aim of the consultation is to help refine the UK’s impact assessment on the Commission’s proposal and provide an opportunity to receive comments based […]

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Doomed or Marooned?

On Tuesday 30th August 2011 the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee met for a second debate on the proposed regulation and the hundreds of amendments, 304 at the last count, regarding the approval and market surveillance of mopeds, motorcycles, trikes and quads. What did we learn from this session in the European Parliament? […]

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RiDE – EU Horrors

In its latest edition – September 2011 – RiDE magazine has featured an article about the framework regulations on amongst other things, emissions and the safety of motorcycles. The article by James Clark (which is expanded online in RiDE’s blog site “The RiDE Diaries”) attempts to get an overall grip on the issues of legislation […]

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Amateur Bike Build – Brussels Style

On Tuesday 12th July 2011 the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee met to consider 298 amendments tabled by MEPs on the European Commission’s proposal – Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. The 15 minute session could not realistically wade through all the amendments therefore the MEP Wim […]

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ACEM News

ACEM (Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles), the Motorcycle Industry in Europe has just released its latest newsletter (July 2011) which not surprisingly, looks at the issues that affect the motorcycle industry, but also those that affect European motorcyclists. It includes comments about the French government’s proposals which led to mass demonstrations across France in […]

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ETRA Regulation Dealers Interest

The European Twowheel Retailers’ Association (ETRA) reports that it finds the review of motorcycle type-approval, the Draft Report presented to the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee of the European Parliament, is not fully in line with dealers’ interests yet. ETRA is also concerned that some of the proposals could be interpreted by public […]

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