The Internal Market Committee at the European Parliament adopted a report which points out that Europe's cities would be much less congested and cleaner if more two-wheeled vehicles were used. The report also stressed that motorbikes need to be safer and more environmentally friendly.

The report adopted by the Internal Market Committee at the European Parliament points out the need of a common system of type approval for powered two-wheel vehicles ranging from mopeds to heavy motorcycles. According to MEPs, Europe's cities would be much less congested and cleaner if more two-wheeled vehicles were used. In addition, the report also stressed the need of new rules that will make motorbikes safer and more environmentally friendly.

In particular, MEPs want to bring down the disproportionally high level of pollutants emitted by two, three and four-wheel (L-category) vehicles, by extending the Euro 3 standards to mopeds from 1 January 2016, with the more stringent Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards for heavy motorbikes from 2016 and Euro 6 limits from 2020.

On the other hand, the report adopted is supporting safer vehicles. The Internal Market Committee considers that under the new rules to be met by the motorcycle industry, anti-lock braking systems (ABS) must be fitted to all bikes with engines above 51 cc. This is stricter than the Commission's original proposal of mandatory ABS systems for bikes over 125 cc. Moreover, they also support new anti-tampering measures designed to make it impossible to increase the speed of the vehicles by tampering with their powertrain, while ensuring that these measures will not prevent bikers from modifying their vehicles in other ways. MEPs also welcome the tougher rules on lighting in order to improve visibility.