International Dealer News IDN 148 April/May 2019 | Page 8

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European Parliament's Committee on
Internal Market and Consumer
Protection (IMCO) adopted a report
recommending excluding "vehicles
intended exclusively for motorsports"
from the scope of the Directive, "as
these vehicles are generally covered by
other forms of liability insurance and
are not subject to compulsory motor
insurance when they are solely used for
a competition".
The IMCO report also made it clear that
it was necessary to make an
appropriate distinction between "in
traffic" and "non-traffic" situations in
the scope of the Directive.
Commenting on this debate, ACEM
Secretary General Antonio Perlot has
said that "ACEM welcomes and
congratulates the work of the
European Parliament and of its
rapporteur Ms Dita Charanzová , who
has shown a clear understanding of the
concerns shared by key stakeholders,
particularly the severe implications for
motorcycle sports and related leisure
activities in Europe.
"The motorcycle industry in Europe
calls now on Members of the European
Parliament to support the decision
adopted by the IMCO committee
during the next European Parliament
Plenary session. A similar approach
should be followed by the Council of
the EU during the upcoming
negotiations, which will take place
later in 2019".
In additional ACEM news, this year's
(29th) General Assembly was hosted by
Yamaha MBK at its manufacturing
facility in Saint-Quentin, France, in
February. It confirmed a new two-year
mandate for Mr. Stefan Pierer (CEO of
KTM AG) as President and for Vice-
Presidents Mr. Michele Colaninno
(member of Piaggio & C. SpA's board
of directors, CEO and COO of the Immsi
Group, which controls the Piaggio
Group) and Mr. Markus Schramm
(President of BMW Motorrad), who will
start these new mandates on 1 July
2019.
The ACEM General Assembly also
welcomed Quadro and Tekninen as
new guest members of the European
association.
Quadro Vehicles is a Swiss vehicle
manufacturer that develops three and
four-wheelers used mostly for urban
mobility which feature a hydro-
pneumatic all-wheel tilting technology
suspension system. The company,
which manufactures both electric and
internal combustion engine vehicles, is
Antonio Perlot, Secretary General of ACEM: "ACEM welcomes and
congratulates the work of the European Parliament, which has shown a clear
understanding of the implications for motorcycle sports and related leisure
activities in Europe"
headquartered in Vacallo, Switzerland,
and has more than 500 retailers in 20
different countries all over the world.
Tekninen is the association of Finnish
Technical Traders, which brings
together about 380 Finnish
companies, with combined annual
sales above 10 billion euro,
representing about 85% of Finnish
businesses. Tekninen's motorcycle
branch, one of the association's 20
areas of operation, is a forum for
companies active in the importing of
motorcycles and mopeds and related
services. Tekninen's motorcycle
divisions aims at supporting the
competitiveness of its members and
raising the profile of the industry in
cooperation with key interest groups.
With the addition of these two
members, ACEM membership will
include now a total of 18
manufacturing companies and 17
national industry associations.
Classic-Superbikes Rally 2019
German "Keeper of the Flame",
Horst Edler's Team Metisse will
be holding a special event later
this summer for all road, race
and special bikes from the 70s,
80s and 90s. Through his Classic-
Superbikes.com - the classics
department of Team Metisse - he
is organising an international
Classic-Superbikes Rally in
Germany from 12-14 July 2019.
It takes place in the beautiful
Harz Mountain National Park in
Germany, at the Hotel Fuenf
Linden, Wickerode/Suedharz, and
includes evening lectures about
classic Superbikes themes and
guided trips through the
national park.
www.classic-superbikes.com