The Fédération internationale de l'automobile (FIA) has already criticised a report to be presented to MEPs on the anti-lock braking system (ABS) fitted to motorbikes and which the Commission would like to make obligatory as from 2017. The parliamentary committee in charge of the internal market and consumer protection (IMCO) commissioned the London School of Economics to carry out a feasibility study, following the former's vote in favour of the ABS on motorbikes. The FIA believes that the cost benefit analysis overestimates implementation costs because it is based exclusively on manufacturers' figures (â¬500 per unit) and leaves out the suppliers' figures (â¬150) and the economies of scale, which means the cost/benefits study presented to MEPs was flawed. The FIA represents 8 million motorcycle riders and is consequently not happy with the study carried out.
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