A premium to conversion up to 6,000 euros among alternative measures to technical control

“Radars to control sound emissions, including two-wheeled”, will also be installed, announced, on Wednesday, the Minister Delegate to Transport.

Le Monde with AFP

Alternative measures to the technical control of the two-wheelers will be put in place, including a premium for conversion and anti-milestone radar, announced, Wednesday, 24 November, the Minister Delegate to Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebari. The measures cover “road safety issues, pollution control and noise, according to a departmental release.

A premium for the conversion of up to 6,000 euros and without income condition will be created “for the purchase of two-wheeled electric or very little polluting”.

The technical control of the two-wheeles, demanded by the European Union since 2014, in principle, should be put in place at the beginning of January 2022 at the latest by each Member State.

In France, a decree – published on August 11, 2021 – had fixed a progressive entry into force from 2023. But the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, had suspended him from the next day, considering that “this n ‘was not the time to annoy the French, “had advanced an executive advisor to justify this decision. The executive planned since alternative measures.

already set up in most European countries

In addition to the conversion bonus, from 2022, “radars to control sound emissions, including two-wheelers, will be installed for a pedagogical purpose at first, parallel to” maintaining a level of Sanctions for exhaust pots not approved or trafficked up to 1,500 euros and the immobilization of the vehicle “.

Among the security measures, the Government will strengthen its communication on the port of the gloves and provides for an adaptation of the car license (b) to integrate “the problem of the security of the two wheels”. Finally, the government wants to strengthen “the signaling device of the dead angles of heavy vehicles”.

These measures were presented Wednesday by Mr. Djebbari at the biker federations, according to the department, which adds that they will be submitted in the coming days to the European Commission.

Most European countries have already put in place this technical control. Only Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands have adopted alternative measures to reduce the number of accidents, which allowed them to circumvent it.

/Media reports.