At the last Motorcycle Working Group Meeting (MCWG) on December 14th 2011, the European Commission presented their views regarding extreme “Chopper” style vehicles which mainly concern national and individual approval purposes. For the UK this would be the Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA). Extreme “Chopper” style brings to mind motorcycles with long forks, stretched frames, […]
EU BANS Bikes?
23rd December 2011
A couple of months back, we at Right To Ride wrote to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission regarding the European Commission’s proposal – Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. At that time the European Commission’s proposal was being discussed within the IMCO Internal Market and Consumer […]
Switching Off ABS
21st December 2011
The switch for ABS (Advanced Braking Systems) on motorcycles will be optional according to the latest information from the European Commission. At this stage the proposal requires the mandatory fitting of ABS (Antilock Braking Systems and Combined Braking Systems (CBS) to new motorcycles by manufacturers after 2016. After the European Commission Motor Cycle Working Group […]
ETRA Welcomes & Regrets
20th December 2011
ETRA the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association reports on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee of the European Parliament vote on the draft report on the review of the type-approval and market surveillance of two- and three wheelers and quadricycles on the 5th December. ETRA welcomes the IMCO Report that has taken into account […]
Regulation Amendments
16th December 2011
The amendments to the European Commission proposal for a regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- and three wheelers and quadricycles, voted on by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) on the 5th December 2001, have been published. We are currently wading through the document to see […]
Wading Through Molasses – MCWG
15th December 2011
The European Commission’s Motorcycle Working Group (MCWG) met on Thursday the 14th December to discuss further the proposal for a Regulation (co-decision act) of Council and Parliament on type-approval and market surveillance of L-category vehicles. This is the first meeting since the Committee of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) where MEPs voted on […]
IMCO – What the Hell!
8th December 2011
While we wait for the full publication of the vote taken on 5th December from the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee regarding the European Commission’s proposal – Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles, the Rapporteur Wim van de Camp has replied to questions about some of the […]
