The motorcycle industry wants to be able to sell Euro 4 bikes after 31 December 2020. ACEM, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, has asked the European Commission to extend the time to sell Euro 4-compliant motorcycles because of the COVID-19 situation. FEMA supports this request. On 1 January 2020, a

Following complaints about the ‘extremely annoying’ noise of motorcycles, the German Federal Council wants action against motorcycle noise. On Friday 15 May 2020, the German Bundesrat (the federal council of the state governments) formally called for measures to reduce sound emissions from motorcycles. The final decision will be made by the federal

The Dutch government considers to make it possible for holders of a B licence to obtain an A1 licence without doing the theory test, as part of the Coronavirus exit strategy and the to be expected traffic jams, due to the social distancing measures. Dutch manufacturers- and importers association RAI Vereniging

From 1 November 2020 it is possible to do the A2-licence test with a 250 cc motorcycle instead of 400 cc. On 5 May 2020 the European Union published the Commission Directive (EU) 2020/612, amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences, which will

A FEMA survey shows that motorcyclists are not too positive about most new techniques that are supposed to improve road safety. Especially when the systems interfere with the riding, they are often qualified as useless or even dangerous. In 2019 FEMA repeated the survey on ITS for motorcycles that was done

We are all living in difficult times and maybe riding your motorcycle is not your first concern right now. As president of FEMA, the voice of European riders, I’d like to share some thoughts with you. The political motorcycle work continues across Europe, in your own country as well as Brussels.

FEMA demands inclusion of motorcycles in vehicle data protection guidelines that the European Data Protection Board has published in February 2020. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the guidelines on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications and opened a public consultation that ended

What do the new testing standards for protective motorcycle clothing mean for our comfort and protection? And how were these standards developed? FEMA’s Dolf Willigers explains. In 2016 the European Union adopted a new regulation regarding personal protection equipment (Regulation (EU) 2016/425). It was implemented on 21 April 2018, although EC

The Dutch government announced a ban on lighting on motorcycle clothing or helmet. Soon motorcyclists and their passengers may no longer be allowed to wear this form of lighting. The Dutch minister for infrastructure and water management, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, explains her reasoning as follows: "More and more motorcyclists attach lighting

The analysis of a global survey of 1,578 motorcyclists who responded from thirty countries in Europe, the USA, Asia, Australia and South America and in eight languages in 2019 has been published in a comprehensive report. Riders of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds who had been involved in a collision over the