European certification for electric vehicles
European market situation for electric vehicles
Electric vehicles are two-wheeled bicycles that use onboard batteries as auxiliary power and can achieve power assistance or/and electric drive functions. Europe is the world's largest consumer market for electric vehicles, especially in recent years, the promotion of environmental protection has increased, giving great confidence to the green industry of electric vehicles.

European certification for electric vehicles
The European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) said that in 2016, China exported more than 430,000 electric bicycles to the EU, an increase of 40% over 2015, and it is expected that this number will increase to about 800,000 this year. At present, Europeans buy about 2 million electric bicycles each year, and as this product becomes more and more diversified, this market continues to expand. With the prosperity of electric vehicles in the European market, the EU has successively issued a number of standards for the product safety of electric vehicles in recent years, which also means raising the threshold for global electric power-assisted vehicles to enter the European market. Since 2018, the EU has also implemented high anti-dumping tariffs on electric bicycles exported from China entering the European market, with a maximum tariff of 79.3%.
Regulations and standards applicable to electric vehicles in Europe
Applicable standards and regulations for electric vehicles in Europe:
BS 6102-1-1992 Part 1: Specification for safety requirements for bicycles/Bicycle safety requirements specification
BS EN14764:2005 City and trrkking bicycles-Safety requirements and test methods/City and trekking bicycles-Safety requirements and test methods
EN 14766:2005 Mountain-bicycles-Satety requirements and test methods/Mountain bike safety requirements and test methods
EN14781:2005 Racing bicycles-Safety requirements and test methods/Racing-Safety requirements and test methods
AS/NAS 1927:1998 Pedal bicycles-Safety requirements/Pedal bicycle safety requirements
prEN 17128-2017 Non-approved light motorized vehicles for the Non-approved light motorized vehicles for the Personal light electric vehicles (PLEV) - Safety requirements and test methods/Unapproved light motor vehicles for personal light electric vehicles (PLEV) - Safety requirements and test methods (personal light electric vehicle/ PLEV: personal light electric vehicle) (electrically power assisted cycle/EPAC: electric assisted cycle)
EN 15194:2017 Cycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC Bicycles/Bicycles - Electrically power assisted cycles - EPAC bicycles; (EPACs: electrically assisted two-wheeled vehicles)
EN14619: 2019 Roller sports equipment - Kick scooters - Safety requirements and test methods/Roller sports equipment-scooters-safety requirements and test methods
Process for CE certification of electric bicycles
1. The manufacturer (hereinafter referred to as the applicant) submits an oral or written preliminary application to the testing agency;
2. The applicant fills out the application form and provides the application form and product manual to the testing agency;
3. The testing agency determines the test standards and test items and quotes;
4. The applicant confirms the quotation, the two parties sign a service contract, and pay the certification fee;
5. The applicant sends the sample and relevant technical documents to the testing agency;
6. The laboratory conducts product testing and reviews the technical documents;
7. If the test fails or the technical documents do not meet the requirements, the laboratory will notify the applicant in time;
8. The applicant improves the product or modifies the technical documents;
9. The laboratory retests the improved product and reviews the modified documents;
10. If rectification or retesting costs are incurred, the laboratory will issue a supplementary fee notice to the applicant;
11. The applicant pays the fees according to the supplementary fee notice;
12. The laboratory provides the applicant with a test report and a certification CE certificate.