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FEMA is carrying the
riders' voice to: |
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- European Parliament
- European Commission
* DG Energy & Transport
* DG Enterprise
* DG Environment
- Council of Ministers
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United
Nations' Economic Commission for Europe
*WP29 (Global Technical
Regulations)
*Working Party 1 (Road
Safety)
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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. Click on the logos to visit their websites.
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ACHIEVEMENTS:
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FEMA established a full-time riders'rights office at the centre of the EC legislating process in Brussels;
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FEMA is well-known by Members of the European Parliament who praise the motorcycle lobby for its effectiveness and
professionalism;
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FEMA helped secure modification to a complicated and expensive 3-stage motorcycle driving licence proposal in 1990;
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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;
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FEMA lead the opposition that defeated the plans to impose a blanket ban on new motorcycles over 100bhp limit in 1994;
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FEMA has compiled a list of lawyers from different European countries who give free first advice to travelling motorcyclists who need legal help;
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FEMA
has united
24 national motorcyclists' organisations
from 19 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";
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In 1995 FEMA secured
support from the European Commission to research motorcycle training and produce a European Code of Best
Practise;
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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;
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FEMA has protected and promoted a free consumer-orientated market in many other areas.
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| Who's
who? |
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FEMA Committee is formed by the 23 member organisations,
and the President is elected annually. Since february
2003 Kees Meijer is FEMA's President. |
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Hans Peter Strifeldt 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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Aline
Delhaye
General
Secretary |
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Virginie
Peters
Campaigns'
Officer |
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Christina
Gesios
Administration
Officer |
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Elaine
Hardy
Research
Officer
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Trevor
Baird
Technical
Officer
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