ETRA the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association reports on the scheduled vote in the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee) regarding the Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles The date for the EP IMCO vote on the review of the type-approval of motorcycles has finally been set. On 5 […]
Pie in the Sky
27th November 2011
Protest rides against the European Commission’s proposed EU Regulations for motorcycles took part in the UK in September and recently riders protested in Brussels on the Motorcycle News (MCN) UK weekly newspapers protest ride. Over the last few months, UK rider organisations have been using inflammatory rhetoric to gain support for these protests. This rhetoric […]
Is The Sky Falling In?
24th November 2011
On Tuesday the 22nd November 2011 Right To Ride’s Elaine Hardy went to Brussels for meetings concerning the European Commission’s proposed EU Regulations for motorcycles. Elaine met with a Representative of the European Commission, the assistant of UK MEP Malcolm Harbour, chair of the IMCO committee and chatted with Malcolm Harbour himself. On the same […]
MCN Protest Brussels
22nd November 2011
Motorcycle News (MCN) the UK’s weekly motorcycle newspaper reports that its protest ride in Brussels, against proposed EU Regulations for motorcycles, attracted riders from the UK, France and Belgium. The protest ride was planned to take place on the same day that the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee was due to vote on […]
Regulation Releases
15th November 2011
You can now view all our press releases and articles regarding the proposed European Commission regulation. From our first views and recommendations to DG Enterprise (MCWG) in January 2010 to: Our reflection of Dutch MEP Wim van de Camp’s draft report from the IMCO Committee to: Separating the wheat from the chaff on the misinformation […]
IMCO Vote Delayed – Again!
10th November 2011
The vote scheduled for the 22nd November 2011 in the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee) regarding the Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles for want of a shorter and non Euro speak – Anti-Tampering – has been delayed for a second time and rescheduled for the 5th […]
Regulation European Angst
9th November 2011
The Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations (FEMA) has released its Autum 2011 Newsletter. The newsletter has links to previous recent FEMA articles including an interview with MEPs Kerstin Westphal and Bernd Lange on the Type Approval Regulation. FEMA previously interviewed UK MEP Malcolm Harbour and Chairman of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer […]
