Riders Rights - Motorcycle Issues as affected by Europe
From this page you can view all the reports and items that we have produced regarding the Framework regulations.
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It’s About Anti-Tampering – Not Anti-Modification
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We reported recently on a competition launched by the European Commission (EC) assisted by TRL (Transport Research Laboratory) which aims to develop solutions for tampering prevention measures on L-category vehicles (motorcycles) The competition is part of an overall anti-tampering study to identify undesirable vehicle modifications and is open to technically-minded members of the public, schools, […]
The proposals for the implementation of new type-approval regulations or tampering prevention of motorcycles, scooters, tricycles, on-road quads and mini-cars (L-category vehicles) has moved forward another step. The European Commission (EC) assisted by TRL (Transport Research Laboratory), has announced that it is holding a competition to develop solutions for tampering prevention measures on L-category vehicles. […]
