Jack Oortwijn

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission has granted the Collective of European Importers of Electric Bicycles a hearing, which took place mid January.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - As of January 1, 2018, the 'old' type approval (EU Directive 2002/24) for speed pedelecs has expired. E-bikes of this category must now comply to the type approval based on the EU 168/2013 regulations. It likely results in inventories of unsold speed pedelecs with a 2002/24 type approval which have no license plate and are unregistered. For that inventory 'End of Series' provisions have been made.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - How can Taiwan companies effectively and efficiently cater to the changed needs of their EU, US and Asia trading partners resulting from the rapid growth of online sales? This is the key question the Taipei Cycle Forum 2018 wants to answer. The international Conference takes place Friday 23 and Saturday 24 March, 2018 in Taichung, Taiwan and is now open for registration.

比利時，布魯塞爾(Brussels)－電動自行車在許多歐盟市場的熱銷也帶來了嚴重的後果，也就是對常規自行車的銷售形成很大的壓力，這一點尤其凸顯在歐盟的進口數據上。歐盟統計局2017年前三個季度的數據顯示，每個國家都在經歷重大轉變。表示高單價的休閒單車、公路車及登山車銷售都將會大幅下滑。

Taizo Shimano已加入Shimano Europe的董事會，他是公司頂尖技術人員Keizo Shimano之子。Keizo Shimano為雙控變速剎車(Dual Control)的發明者，但很遺憾地英年早逝。Taizo Shimano的新角色也讓他距離成為世界上規模最大的自行車零部件製造商總裁這個注定的職位更近一步。

LUXEMBOURG - Bike Europe asked Dr. Jochen M. Schaefer, an attorney specialising in (among other legal issues) international distribution topics, to explain

LAS VEGAS, USA - At last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the newest developments in active-cycling safety were presented by Trek Bicycle a

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Booming e-bike sales in many EU markets is proving to have a major downside. Heavy pressure on sales of conventional bicycles.

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - Taizo Shimano has joined Shimano Europe's Board. He is the son of Keizo Shimano who was the company's top technician

比利時，布魯塞爾 (Brussels)－歐委會於歐盟官方期刊中宣佈「針對自中國進口之電動自行車展開反傾銷程序之通知」。該起對於非法補貼方案之調查將會與先前公佈的反傾銷調查一同並行。