European Bicycle Manufacturers Association
Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
EBMA stands for free and fair trade and our mission is to do whatever it takes for the legitimate defense in Brussels of our over 1200 EU Sustainable Manufacturing SMEs, 155.000 Green Jobs, and Industrial Know-How against unfair competition, subsidized dumping, and circumvention, and to help the positive future development of our Industry thanks to the EU COM Trade Defense Instruments.
EU Legislative Interests
EBMA's main policies targeted in European Free and Fair Trade, Customs, Industry Policies. EBMA was very active with AEGIS EUROPE for the public campaign opposing the granting of Market Economy Status to China, both with the EU COM, the EU Council and the EU Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2016-0223_EN.html, who voted against it in a non-binding vote: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-vote-urges-commission-to-reject-market-economy-status-for-china/ The EU COM didn’t grant Market Economy Status to China in December 2016: https://america.cgtn.com/2016/12/12/eu-us-refuses-to-grant-china-market-economy-status-for-the-wto EBMA also contributed to the following study of Prof. Robert Scott about the reasons why Market Economy Status to China should not be granted by the EU COM: https://www.epi.org/publication/eu-jobs-at-risk/
Communication Activities
EBMA has a monthly Newsletter about trade and a quaterly newsletter about reshoring
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
AEGIS Europe
Organisation Members
AEGIS Europe
Connected Legislation
EU-China: Modification of Croatia's accession concessions
Amendment: Digitalisation and common specifications (multiple Regulations)
Certain Poultry Meat Products
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union
All the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union
All the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union
Imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Cooperation on
Tariff treatment for goods from Ecuador
The Windsor Framework
Customs cooperation with respect to matters related to supply chain security
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union
Amendment: Regulation (EU) 2019/287 (Annex replacement)
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/196 on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
The protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs
EU-Norway: Additional trade preferences for agricultural products
Import of agricultural products from Turkey (codification)
EU tomato imports from Morocco (Petition 1565/2009)
Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan
Customs duties modification: imports from Russia and Belarus
Amendment: Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287
Reinstatement of Myanmar's generalized tariff preferences
Trade conditions: Northern Cyprus (non-government controlled areas)
Cooperation on
Imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (codification)
Imports of certain goods
Behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Union and Norway relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
Behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (ITA)
Rule of origin marking (made in)
All the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Customs Code modernisation & non-preferential rules of origin
Amendment: Generalised tariff preferences (Reg 978/2012)
Environmental Goods Agreement
Tariffs and Trade 1994)
Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Union and Cuba relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
All the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Generalised tariff preferences (2009-2011)
Tariff preferences withdrawal & safeguard measures (Reg 978/2012)
EU-New Zealand Agreement: Bulgaria & Romania concession modifications
Customs security measures
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
EU-Colombia-Peru: Banana safeguard clause & stabilisation mechanism
Certain products
UK Northern Ireland Protocol Bill