Right To Ride has the latest news on the EU motorcycle proposal (aka Approval and market surveillance of 2 or 3 wheel vehicles and quadricycles) from Brussels as of today, 5 p.m. Friday 8th June. Yesterday the IMCO Committee (Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee), Council and Commission met to discuss the EU motorcycle proposal. […]
Ask And You Shall Receive!
8th June 2012
Tenacious as we are, over the last few months we have been sending our views to the Dutch MEP, Wim van de Camp. Mr van de Camp is the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) Rapporteur. This committee is working on the regulation on the Approval and Market Surveillance of Two – or Three-Wheel […]
Devil And A Long Spoon!
4th June 2012
So far the European Commission’s proposal – Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles has been: Discussed and amendments voted on within the MEP Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). Discussed at high level meetings in Brussels The draft contents of “Delegated Acts” have been discussed in […]
Nuts And Bolts Of Type Approval
31st May 2012
The British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) clarifies the issues surrounding the EU Type Approval regulations currently being hotly debated amongst bikers. The clarification is contained in a new briefing document entitled “‘Type Approval and You” and covers the major issues such as the DELEGATED ACTS – ANTI-TAMPERING (Article 18) – ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS (Article 19) – […]
Looking Back
23rd May 2012
We have been looking back at some of our discussions regarding the proposed EU Regulation and found some interesting communications/questions and answers. We leave you to make your mind up on these, some of which go back to early 2009. In response to the European Commission it doesn’t really get any better than our initial […]
Opposed to Anti-Tampering
18th May 2012
The British Motorcyclists Federation (bmf) reports that the UK Government is still opposed to anti-tampering. The UK government reaffirmed in parliament yesterday that there is no evidence to support anti-tampering controls on larger motorcycles and therefore they are opposed to it. With the trialogue discussions between the EU parliament, European Council of Ministers and the […]
Brief Exposé
17th May 2012
Riders who have been writing recently to their MEPs regarding the proposal for new regulation for motorcycles (Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles) should have received a reply. The in-depth briefing for MEPs constituents and you the rider, put together by UK MEP Malcolm Harbour and Chair of the […]
