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The 2016 has been a fruitful year for the Non Sporting Commissions. We have asked Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe 2nd Deputy President and Chairman of the Non Sporting Council, to recap the most important achievements. PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMISSION FIM Europe/FEMA relations “The 2016 was a very positive year regarding the FIM Europe/FEMA relationship. Some common positions on important issues have been agreed and invitation from both parties to participate to the work of respective organisations has been put in place. FEMA has been invited to the Commission meeting and FIM Europe was invited to participate to the General Assembly of FEMA. Common lobby activity has been agreed”. FIM Road Safety Award 2016   “The 2016 World award has been given to the Italian Federation, in the person of Francesca Marozza, recognising the work that in Italy has been done creating also relations with Authorities and Institutions to improve the safety for

The FIM CEV Repsol presents a new and unprecedented category to its championship. The European Talent Cup will surely be one of the points of reference for riders starting their development in the world of road racing. The introduction of this new class will suppose the entry for the youngest riders to a championship of equal motorcycles for all at a reduced price, with the aim of exploiting their potential before taking the great step to the Moto3™ Junior World Championship which will be losing the Moto3 Production subclass. Participants, aged between 13 and 17 years1  will be riding a Honda NSF 250 R. Very few modifications to the standard model will be allowed, some of which we preview2  before publishing the technical rulebook in the coming weeks. The teams will manage their own motorbikes. Any Honda NSF 250 R motorcycle that complies with the technical regulations will be allowed

With the 2016 European Sporting Season just ended and the new one approaching, we have asked Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President and Chairman of the Sporting Council, to highlight the main achievements of all disciplines. “The successful 2016 season is a result of a good cooperation among all involved people and organisations”, stated Martin de Graaff. “A number of 9 hard working FIM Europe commissions and volunteers are busy with regulations, calendars and running of all events. “With the help of promoters, federations, organisers and FIM Europe staff members the activities took place in many European countries. And the number of participants and events is increasing. “In Road Racing the combination of FIM Europe events with FIM races is important for the European Championship. The European Superbike and Moto2 in the CEV Repsol competition ended this year with exiting races. Moto2 will be unchanged in 2017. The

The Entry List of the 2017 European Superstock Championship has been released.

In this issue, all the updates about the FIM Europe activities and in particular, Road Safety initiatives, the Sporting Commissions and the Management Council at Fiumicino, the Extraordinary General Assembly at Berlin, the Course in Motorcycle Management at the University of Rome and a Focus on the Track Racing Commission.

FIM Europe has issued the Sporting Calendar of all the European Championships for the 2017 season. The Calendar has been published on FIM Europe website at the following link: http://www.fim-europe.com/fim-europe-2017-calendar/

The annual meeting of founders and members of Alpe Adria Motorcycle Union AAMU was held at Opatija, in Croatia, at the presence of the President of the Croatian Federation Mr. Stjepan Persin. FIM Europe Vice-President Martin de Graaff was present too, and brought the greetings of President Dr. Wolfgang Srb, wishing all the best for everybody’s work. The Road Racing commission, after a confrontation with the Management Board of AAMU, adopted the decision that from 2017 the former promoter will no longer follow the Road Racing Championship and Alpe Adria Road Racing Commission will continue its job. On behalf of all members of AARRC the warmest thanks to the Promoter for the collaboration of the latest three years, without excluding future new agreements. Technical and sporting rules were defined, too,  while the calendar will be confirmed within the next few weeks. In the other Sports Commissions of Enduro, Trial and

All the 2016 Champions in Road Racing, Motocross and Supermoto from the Balkan as well as the Bulgarian Championship. All photos by Plamen Kodrov, LAP.bg The meeting of the Management Council of the Balkan Motorcycle Union (BMU) was held on Saturday at Hotel Moskva in Sofia. The 2016 results of the various Championships as well as the rules and calendars of the Balkan Championships for 2017 have been approved. BMU President Bogdan was unanimously re-elected for another term of five years (2017 - 2021). Also elected: the members of the Management Council and the various Commissions (Road Racing, Motocross, SuperMoto, Enduro and Baja as well as MotoClassic. The BMU and Bulgarian Prizegiving Ceremony took place on Sunday afternoon in the presence of the Champions, families and friends in front of a big media attendance. A special plaque was given to Mr Rumen Petkov, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee "Grand Prix

FIM Europe has its new website. Completely renewed in its design, it is landed on the innovative, easy-to-use Wordpress platform maintaining all its contents and being even enriched. Visually appealing, it has been designed to generate a prompt positive impression and to invite visitors to surf from one page to another. The good use of colour, graphics and high-quality photos helps viewers to focus on FIM Europe message. Every component of the new website works quickly and correctly, because the aim was to create pages easy to read, to navigate and to understand. The new FIM Europe has been optimized for mobile visitors thanks to responsive graphics, which “sense” the screen resolution of the device loading the website and “respond” by resizing the content to best fit those dimensions, thus encouraging greater consultation and usability for its users everywhere. The new website is also more "social media friendly", so the

Dr Wolfgang Srb with the three candidates to the FMI Presidence, a few minutes before the start of the FMI General Assembly. From the left, Giovanni Copioli, who was elected as new President of FMI, Andrea Vignozzi and Fabio Larcieri FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb was a first-order guest today at the FMI General Assembly for the election of the new President of the Italian Federation. Dr Srb received a special award by FMI outgoing President Paolo Sesti, for his activity in the world of motorcycling. Dr Wolfgang Srb during his speech “From 1996, when Paolo Sesti became president of the FMI, Italy has really being living a story of innovation, passion, motorcycles and riders. In 1996 Valentino Rossi started winning, and he still does, and Italian riders are strong in many disciplines: besides road racing, especially in motocross, with Tony Cairoli and Kiara Fontanesi, and with Motocross of Nations in Italy, where  “Nessun Dorma” by Pavarotti was