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Jan 17, 2012

FFMC prevents mandatory wearing of high viz jackets in France

FFMC, the French member organization of FEMA, successfully fought against plans of the government to impose the mandatory wearing of yellow high visibility jackets on motorcycles. The original plans were replaced by the mandatory wearing of 150cm² reflective material as from 2013, which could be accomplished via the wearing of a fluorescent armband. Non-compliance shall be fined. This information is also available in Dutch , in French , in Icelandic , in Norwegian  and in Swedish

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Jan 9, 2012

Transport Commissioner acknowledges rider's petition

Riders at FEMA received an early Christmas present last year, from the hands of none other than Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas. In an official letter, Mr. Kallas thanked FEMA for handing over 110,000 signatures of concerned riders opposing mandatory periodical technical inspections for motorcycles.

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Dec 14, 2011

Correction of technical details on FEMA's report on the IMCO vote

The office of Wim van de Camp MEP, who is also the Rapporteur for IMCO on the type approval legislation, clarified that the application date for OBD stage I will be 2016. Furthermore, the ongoing impact assessment investigates the consequences of OBD, of mandatory ABS for motorcycles with an engine displacement of 51 to 125cc and of the new timetable. FEMA has corrected its report accordingly.

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The Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA) is the European federation of national road rider organisations. FEMA represents, defends and promotes motorcycling and the interests of million powered two-wheeler users across Europe. Through its 24 national organisations from 19 countries, FEMA reaches over 300,000 dedicated motorcyclists representing all social groups.

FEMA's primary objective is to represent European motorcyclists both within the European Union and agencies of the United Nations.