The EU has now published it’s proposals on revised regulation of motorcycles. These proposals are part of the framework regulations “Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles”.
Through FEMA, MAG has previously made representations on behalf of Irish riders, but it now appears that much of FEMA’s input throughout the consultation process has been ignored. FEMA’s position papers are here;
http://www.fema-online.eu/index.php?page=vehicle-aspects
Although the 74Kw (100 bhp) limit has been dropped, there are many other potentially intrusive measures put forward. These are complex proposals, and it will take time to analyse them in full.
Key points of the proposals as we’ve seen them so far include;
The proposals have been published, documents are as follows;
Home page: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/documents/proposals/in…
Proposal: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/com-2010-542_en.pdf
Impact Assessment: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/sec-2010-1152_en…
Executive Summary of the IA: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/sec-2010-1151_en…
Citizens Summary: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/cit-sum-com-542_…
MAG is studying the proposals as outlined above and we’ll be publishing our views on them as soon as practically possible.
