Success: MEPs do not want mandatory inspections for motorcycles

Members of the European Parliament from ten different countries want to keep the option to exempt motorcycles from Periodical Technical Inspections in countries where effective alternative road safety measures are introduced.

After European Parliament rapporteur Jens Gieseke published his draft report on the European Commission’s proposal to revise the Roadworthiness Package, which includes Periodical Technical Inspections (PTI), Members of the European Parliament have the chance to propose changes to that report.

Gieseke wants all motorcycles over 50 cc to be tested, no exceptions. He also wants to take away the option for member States to exempt motorcycles from compulsory periodic inspections, as long as they demonstrate that effective alternative measures tailored to their countries’ specific characteristics are in place.

Keeping this possibility to exempt motorcycles from compulsory inspections is what FEMA and FIM have been asking for, and reading the amendments that were handed in by the Members of the European Parliament you see below, it shows that we are successful in our efforts. The amendments will be voted on by the Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism in March 2026, after which a full vote in a plenary session of the parliament will follow.

Thank you to the nineteen Members of the European Parliament that – on behalf of their political group – tabled amendments to maintain the option to exempt motorcycles from PTI in countries where effective alternative road safety measures are introduced.