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The FIM Europe Commission Meetings have been opened by the first session of SportingCommissions, which will be followed by the second session of Sporting Commissions in No-vember and by the Non-Sporting Commissions next January.

The meeting was held, as in the past, in Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy). Inthis first session, themeeting of Motocross,Enduro, Trial, Super-moto and Drag RacingCommissions wereheld, with the partici-pation of the SportingCouncil Chairman MrMartin de Graaff andof FIM Europe Secre-tary General Mr Ales-sandro Sambuco.Joining the meeting,

First session of Sporting Commissions Meetingin Fiumicino (Italy)

The participants of the Sporting Commissions in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy)

The Motocross Sporting Commission, chaired by Mr Eddie Herd

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also Oriol Puig Bulto, Di-rector of InternationalTechnical Commission ofFIM, Tony Skillington, Di-rector of Motocross Com-mission of FIM andThierry Michaud, Direc-tor of the Trial Commis-sion of FIM.

"The presence of FIM di-rectors is important for

the cooperation with FIM and for the harmonization of rules between FIM and FIMEurope", Mr Martin de Graaff stated. "All commissions prepared the 2016 seasons,concerning rules and calendars. Safety matters, licences and insurance were alsoimportant items".

In the Motocross Commission, the representative of Youthstream Marc Pauwels joi-ned the meeting because the cooperation with the promoter is important for com-bined events in the World and European Championships. It dealt with rules,calendars and all others aspects of the discipline.

Martin de Graaff gave the information and direction about the working group "agelimit" and the process from now on until the next general assembly.

New is also the EuropeanWomen's Cup, which will beorganised in Cieszyn, Po-land, on 21st-22nd of Mayand will be combined witha round of EMX 65-85ccNorth-East Europe Zoneevent. If successful, it ishoped that this will be de-veloped to a full Europeanchampionship with three orfour rounds in the future.The age limit will be bet-ween 15-50 on MX2 specifi-cations motorcycles. There

The Enduro Sporting Commission, chaired by Mr Marco Bolzonello

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will be threeraces at theevent of 15 mi-nutes plus 3laps, one on Sa-turday afternoonand two on Sun-day, with normalpractice andtime practice.

The Hillclimbmotocross will be continued and theCommission will try to find one or

two more organisers for the next year.

The sport will continue to develop and expand with the cooperation with promoterYouthstream.

The "pyramid" linking the European championships and World championships for mo-tocross and the development of young talented riders is now firmly established andproven results can be seen by all.

Supermoto - Yesterday there was a meeting with the Supermoto European and WorldChampionship Promoter, BPROM, represented by Mr Danilo Boccadolce, Mr Martin deGraaff, Mr Alessandro Sambuco and Ivo Tsvetanov, to discuss the contract for thepromotion of the European Supermoto and the calendar for the coming season. Todaythe Commission proposed a new "Open" class that will run together with the Super-moto Junior and S3 class events, some specific aspects at the events in 2015 andpossible proposals for changes for 2016 season that will be decided with BPROM. Thenew season 2016 will give the opportunity to the European riders to benefit fromtheir participation in the S2 class and offer better chances for winning the Conti-nental title.

Trial - During the Trial Commission only minor changes to the European rules will beproposed and also the technical rules as for the weight of the bikes will be maintai-ned for 2016. The future of the discipline was mainly discussed. The statistics of thedevelopment of the European championship are very promising - the average parti-cipation grew of 86% during the latest five years. 2016 calendar is made to makethe travel patterns for the riders as cheap as possible.

The Trial Sporting Commission, chaired by Mr Anders Minken

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Enduro - Producingthe Enduro calen-dar for 2016 wasnot so easy be-cause of the lateappearance of theFIM calendar. Thefuture of Bajas wasdiscussed for thenew season: theparticipation ofUTVs will be thesame as in 2015. Inorder to promotethe Super Enduro Cup, the riders are allowed to take part with national licences andstarting permissions of the Federations. The calendar of the Enduro Extreme Cupwas done without problems and rules also will not have big changes for the nextseason.

Drag Racing After the meeting in Copenhagen with Nordic Federations and Organi-sers, the Commission discussed the possibilities for better European Drag Race Cham-pionship. It is important to create a calendar with more than three events in thefuture for the Championship and the Cup. In 2016 there are three applications forthe Championshipand four for theCup, which theCommission propo-sed. The deadlinefor the calendar isextended up to the1st of December2015. The plans forthe Junior Cup areextended for theseason 2017.

In all CommissionsMr Oriol Puig Bultostressed out the

The Supermoto Sporting Commission, chaired by Mr Ivo Tsvetanov

The Drag Racing Sporting Commission, chaired by Mr Palle Lind

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About FIM Europe (www.fim-europe.com) - The FIM Europe (in the past UEM, Union Europèenne de Motocyclisme) includes47 National Federations (FMNs) and 6 Regional Motorcycling Associations and is a European organization acting within its attri-butions in all matters in relation with motorcycling activities and, as such, in domains ranging from sport, tourism, leisure, envi-ronment, mobility, road safety, legislative affairs, protection and defence of the rights and interests of motorcycle users. As far asmotorcycle sport is concerned, the FIM Europe is the supreme and sole European authority empowered by the FIM to controlEuropean motorcycling sport activities organized under its jurisdiction throughout Europe.The aims of FIM Europe are to developand promote all forms of motorcycling in Europe as well as the co-operation and friendship between its members, and notably:to examine all questions related to the development of motorcycling in Europe; to organize European Championships and toestablish all competitions that appear beneficial subject to the prior approval of the FIM; to co-operate with the FIM in all mattersrelating to the organization of international events and motorcycling in general; to organize camps and seminars for riders, officials,coaches and administrators of various European FMNs; to support the creation and development of motorcycling activities in allEuropean countries; to promote the co-operation among all European FMNs; to promote motorcycling among young people,both as sport and motorcycling in general; to encourage the use of motorcycles in European countries and to develop motorcycletourism; to represent the interests of motorcyclists before European authorities; to promote in the media the sport of motorcyclingand the use of motorcycles in all of Europe.Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/europeanmotorcycling

PRESS RELEASE nr. 260/2015 - October 24th 2015FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

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change of technical rules for next year, which also affect European Championships.Few items about safety are about the use of the helmet cameras, which is forbiddenin all disciplines except motocross, where the use of helmet cameras is strictly con-trolled. Body and back protection for the different disciplines and their respective ho-mologations were also discussed. Mr Bulto listened to the experiences of trial ridersfor other solutions for body protection in trial, which requires particular agility. Lastbut not least, new rules for all off-road disciplines were discussed as for the throttle,which cannot be ride-by-wire any more, but only mechanical.

"The importance of meetings like this, with all sporting commissions together, is veryserious to create a very good calendar for the next season", Mr de Graaff stated. "Andthis also a good way to grant the harmonization of rules thanks to the presence ofthe respective FIM representatives. It is always a pleasure to see how seriously thecommissions are working for the future of the sport. All calendars and proposals willbe discussed in the Management Council next December for approval".