The 24th FIM Europe Congress in Nantes (France) finished successfully today with the Meetings of the Sporting and Non-Sporting Councils, the Management Council as well as the General Assembly in the afternoon. There were 40 National Federations present and over 250 delegates. The speech of Dr Wolfgang Srb The FFM President Jacques Bolle welcomed the delegates to Nantes. The FIM President Vito Ippolito addressed the audience and referred especially to the future tasks of FIM and FIM Europe in the years to come.Important decisions were taken, among them the approval of the 2017 Balance-sheet and of the 2018 Budget. The Management Council The Non-Sporting Council The Sporting Council The welcome desk, with Silvia D’Amico and Andrea Diamantini, FIM Europe staff. Comprehensive reports have been presented about the Sporting as well the Non-Sporting activities. During the General Assembly there were the reports of Martin de Graaff, Michal Sikora, Silvio Manicardi and Laurent