Press Release: General Assembly, election of new Board of Directors and new Member

Brussels, 12 October 2017 – During its General Assembly, which is held today 12 October in Brussels, the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) announces the appointment of the new CONEBI Board of Directors for the next two years: – Mr. Erhard Büchel (Büchel GmbH & Co. KG) as President– Mr. Jeroen Snijders Blok […]

Press Release: Major Concerns from the European Commission’s Proposal about the Revision of the EU Directive on the Insurance against Civil Liability in Respect of the Use of Motor Vehicles

Brussels, 24th May 2018 – The European Commission has today released a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the revision of the insurance against civil liability with regard to the use of motor vehicles. The mentioned proposal includes Electrically Power Assisted Cycles in the scope of the revision […]

Press Release: The Bicycle Industry at the Symposium Future Networked Car 2018

Brussels, 12 March 2018 “Intelligent transport systems and automated driving are fast moving towards widespread commercialization and market acceptance. High levels of automation – the penultimate step to fully automa​ted driving – are expected on the road by 2020 and hold great promise to improve road safety, reduce congestion and emissions, and increase the accessibility”: […]

Press Release: Foundation of World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA)

SWITZERLAND, 4th January 2018 – At the end of December 2017, the World Bicycle Industry Association – abbreviated as WBIA – was founded in Switzerland. The Bicycle Association Japan (BAJ), the Bicycle Products Suppliers Association based in the US (BPSA), the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) and the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) are […]

EU Industrial Strategy: update

Brussels/Berlin – June 30, 2017 Follow-up on the Competitiveness Council conclusions and the Berlin Declaration On the occasion of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Friends of Industry – focused on key issues such as Digitisation, Investments, Sustainability and Trade – 18 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and […]

Big Bike Event and the role of Intelligent Bicycles in Road Safety

Brussels – June 28, 2017 The official introduction of the EU Cycling Strategy in Brussels took place on June 28 at the Big Bike Event, in presence of a high-level, distinguished audience. The list of guest speakers included: the Belgian Federal Minister for Mobility, François Bellot, the Luxembourg Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, François Bausch, […]

The EU Cycling Strategy is finally ready and has been handed over to Commissioner Bulc

Nijmegen – June 16, 2017 The EU Cycling Strategy has been finalised! Please find here both the full version and the summary. Through the valuable umbrella of ECF, the contributions of many stakeholders (NGOs, academics, cities, Bicycle Industry) have been put together to create an 11-chapters EU Strategy: it contains recommendations directed at the EU, national, regional and […]