About a year and a half ago the European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) declared that they intended to simplify regulations for motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, (these regulations will only apply to new vehicles). Entitled, “EU Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles”, the Commission presented their proposals […]
FEMA On Draft Report
The Federation of European Motorcyclelists Associations (FEMA) report on the the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) meeting which was held on the 24th May 2011. Type approval of motorcycles goes into next round in EU Parliament Yesterday MEP Wim van de Camp presented his Draft Report on the future approval of […]
IMCO’s Daft Report
Tomorrow – Tuesday the 24th May at 9 a.m., MEP Win van de Camp presents to the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in Europe his daft legislative report concerning the European Commission’s (EC) proposals for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. Motorcyclists have been saying all along […]
Regulation A New Dimension
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) has upped the ante or tried to increase the stakes by tying in the proposed framework regulations for motorcycles – stricter anti-tampering regulations amongst others – with the affect of European harmonisation, new legislation faced by French riders from their government and demos in England, mass day of action […]
Regulations Sense And Sensibility
Right To Ride has received a response from Malcolm Harbour MEP who chairs the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) which is looking at and leading discussions on the EU Regulation proposal for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. Malcolm has written to all the stakeholders regarding the […]
Regulation Masterclass
Recently we reported that ETRA the European Two wheel Retailers’ Association had announced that it had developed a fully-fledged European motorcycle department. We welcomed ETRA as a new “player” in the field of motorcycle representation to contribute to the debate at this critical time of the European Commission’s proposals on anti-tampering and type-approval. On April […]
FEMA – EC Initiates Anti-Tampering Study
Following the plans of the European Commission to implement new measures to prevent modifications of the powertrain of motorcycles a so called anti-tampering study has already been initiated. At the same time European Parliament has not decided yet whether to empower the Commission to take action on the issue independently. FEMA has expressed it concerns […]