One year after the EU passed legislation enabling member states to apply reduced VAT rates on the supply, rental and repair of bicycles, including e-bikes, Port...Portugal inscribes amendment to 2023 state budget reducing VAT rate on bicycle sales with the goal of increasing cycling modal share to 10% by 2030. Customers can no...
The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has published a new state-of-the-art report on geometric design standards for cycling infrastructure. The report gathers...ECF releases new report which compiles, compares and analyses 20 national and regional standards and guidelines for geometric parameters of cycling infrastructure across...
On 7 December, the Council of the EU reached an agreement on updated rules for VAT rates. Under the new rules, member states will be able to apply reduced VAT rates on th...
On 7 December, the Council of the EU reached an agreement on updated rules for VAT rates. Under the new rules, member states will be able to apply reduced VAT r...The Council of the EU has reached an agreement on updated rules for VAT rates that will benefit consumers all over the EU. Member states will now be able to apply reduced...
On 9 April, lawmakers in the French National Assembly voted in favour of introducing a new measure to include both electric and cargo bicycles in a national car...Following intensive advocacy by French ECF member FUB, lawmakers have approved a new measure which would provide owners of old, polluting cars with a grant of up to €2,50...
Presupposing financial and regulatory priority for cyclists, experts predict e-bike sales to rise to 30 million. Due to an astonishing market upsurge of more th...
Event organised by Transport & Environment The European Commission have earmarked over €100 billion to spend on transport infrastructure in the current EU b...
The report, which will be published in full later this year, is an updated version of an earlier study from 2014. It bases its estimates on data collected from...From 8 to 10 June, environment ministers and state secretaries from the pan-European region, including Russia and Central Asia, met in Batumi, Georgia, to discuss the way...
In reaction to the global financial and economic crisis that started in 2008, job creation has become a main priority of EU policy. In this context, ECF has dec...