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FEMA Brief
FEMA is carrying the riders' voice to:
European Parliament
European Commission
DG Energy & Transport
DG Enterprise
DG Environment
Council of Ministers
United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe
WP29 (Global Technical Regulations)
Working Party 1 (Road Safety)
FEMA is co-operating with:
International Co-operation - The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), the Motorcycle Riders' Foundation (MRF), the Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) have set up an International Co-operation Fund with the objective of ensuring an efficient representation of motorcyclists at the United Nations where Worldwide Standards for Bikes and road safety measures are developed.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
FEMA established a full-time riders' rights office at the centre of the EC legislating process in Brussels;
FEMA is well-known by Members of the European Parliament who praise the motorcycle lobby for its effectiveness and professionalism;
FEMA helped secure modification to a complicated and expensive 3-stage motorcycle driving licence proposal in 1990;
In 1992 FEMA secured exemptions from EC type approval for one-off producers and for new parts for existing machines, and preserved the freedom to modify one's own machine after point of sale;
FEMA lead the opposition that defeated the plans to impose a blanket ban on new motorcycles over 100bhp limit in 1994;
FEMA has compiled a list of lawyers from different European countries who give free first advice to travelling motorcyclists who need legal help;
FEMA has united 23 national motorcyclists' organisations from 18 European countries, giving to the opportunity to motorcycling citizens to promote and defend their interests, by supporting the work FEMA carries out "in the corridors";
In 1995 FEMA secured support from the European Commission to research motorcycle training and produce a European Code of Best Practise;
FEMA has won its case on various chapters of the "multi-directive": the right to be able to carry out servicing without unnecessary costs, exemption from marking of parts of larger machines, for the application of reasonable noise limits thereby protecting production of air-cooled machines, for the right of riders to choose the brand of replacement tyres;
FEMA has protected and promoted a free consumer-orientated market in many other areas.
Who's who?
The FEMA Committee is formed by the 23 member organisations, and the President is elected annually. Since February 2003 Kees Meijer is FEMA's President
FEMA's secretariat is based in Brussels, in the heart of the European Union institutions. Three persons are working full time to make sure that riders' interests are looked after:
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Kees Meijer
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Aline Delhaye General Secretary
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Virginie Peters Campaigns' Officer
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Christina Gesios Administration Officer
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Bob Tomlins Assistant General Secretary, Co-ordinator of the Initial Rider Training project.
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FEMA Recent Position Statements/Press releases
DRL – 3 April 2007
http://www.fema.ridersrights.org/docs/positionpaper_drl_consultation_nov2006.pdf
Infrastructure – 19 April 2007
http://www.fema.ridersrights.org/docs/FEMA_position_infradirective.pdf
Green Paper on Urban Transport – 30 April 2007:
http://www.fema.ridersrights.org/docs/FEMA_consultation_urbantransport.pdf
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