Jack Oortwijn

HELSINKI, Finland - Amer Sports did not had a good first half of 2018 as its cycling activities through subsidiaries Mavic and ENVE saw a further deteriorating net sales after a disappointing 2017. Total sales of the Finnish sports group dropped slightly in the first half of 2018.

AGUEDA, Portugal - At the Eurobike show, held earlier this month, Fritz Jou said that the production at his new bicycle production facility in Portugal has started. This is earlier than expected. However, the facility is not yet fully operational as brand new equipment is still being installed.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Tuesday Bike Europe reported on the number of people that presented their feedback to the European Commission on its decision that regular 25km/h - 250W electric bicycles need to have a third-party liability insurance.

PARIS, France - Yesterday and today driving bans are announced for big parts of Paris for almost all petrol engined vehicles. Due to high ozone levels, there is a concentration of pollutants in the greater Paris area.

宣佈實施反傾銷措施之後，歐洲自行車製造商協會(EBMA)表示他們得到了歐盟成員國廣泛的支持，而且這是確保最終貿易防禦措施必要的一步。

LEVE-EU與進口商集團回應聲明：「很遺憾得知執委會徵收臨時反傾銷稅的決定，這對一些歐洲電動自行車企業來說是一大打擊。不只限制了消費者的購物選擇，也是強迫歐洲人買單。」

BRUSSELS, Belgium - It came to light last May when the European Commission decided that regular 25km/h - 250W electric bicycles need to have a third-party liability insurance.

比利時，布魯塞爾(Brussels)－針對中國進口電動自行車徵收的臨時反傾銷稅將會適用於所有類別，包含L1 e-A及L1 e-B高速電動輔助自行車及三輪車。歐委會在歐盟官方期刊中公開一份三十頁的文件，內容說明近乎所有中國產業及電動自行車進口商集團在五月三日實施進口登記法規後所提出的反證一概被駁回。

德國，福吉沙芬－Eurobike主辦Messe Friedrichshafen已決定將2019年的展會移回原本的日期，也就是9月4日到7日。Messe Friedrichshafen執行長Klaus Wellmann說：「眾多廠商都表示希望Eurobike可以移到比較晚的日期舉辦， 在今年展期間及展後都有不少聲音支持這個想法。」

匈牙利，布達佩斯－Giant Group董座杜綉珍與執行長劉湧昌及匈牙利外交及貿易部副部長Magyar Levente在近期一同對外宣佈，Giant Group將會拓展在歐洲的生產版圖，並計畫在匈牙利建造第二座生產廠。