It requires the electric bicycle industry to create a voice of its own and fight its own corner rather than link itself to other trade bodies which see it as competition.
Perhaps a less hostile approach towards the Government department involved may produce a more favorable result especially if...
Nothing to stop the UK suppliers into lobbying the UK Government to apply the Belgium's practical approach:
"This was the ultimate proof of the absurdity of including these bicycles in the type-approval. In Belgium you can ride an electric bicycle 25 km/h with a motor power of 251 W to 1KW...
Commission's clarity on "OFF ROAD" definition
Exemption provided under 2(2)(g) of
Regulation (EU) No 168/2013
https://circabc.europa.eu/sd/a/f473934e-a0cf-4214-9afc-0b226afecdc2/Exemption 2(2)...
This would do:
http://www.getgeared.co.uk/gear-gremlin-gb-sticker-white-black?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzJjf0pja2QIVxZ3tCh32tQaoEAQYAiABEgJiu_D_BwE&utm_medium=shopping_feed_gg17_228962170-18200103490&utm_source=google
No need for populist UK "news" paper's conspiracy theory, here are a couple of trolls, by your definition, for your further research,
https://www.euractiv.com/topics/european-parliament-elections-2019/...
Worried, the EU are preparing to alter the MEP election rules for 2019 to neutralize any post Brexit eurosceptic surge in the remaining 27 countries.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bCOMPARL%2bAFCO-OJ-20171214-1%2b01%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fEN&language=EN
More facts then;)
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Phase 2 Annex to EU Council's phase 1 recommendations:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/annex_commissions_recommendation_20-12-2017.pdf