Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations
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| Founded | 1998 |
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| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Leader | Anna Zee |
| Leader title | President |
| Key people |
Dolf Willigers, General Secretary Jim Freeman, Treasurer |
| Type | Charity |
| Region | European Union |
| Purpose | Riders' rights umbrella organisation |
| Membership | Represents nearly 350,000 |
| Website | www |
| Abbreviation | FEMA |
Dolf Willigers, General Secretary
The Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA) is a motorcycling advocacy group based in Brussels, Belgium. It was formed on 10 January 1998 from a merger of the Federation of European Motorcyclists (FEM) and the European Motorcyclists' Association (EMA).
From its inception FEMA has been headquartered at Rue des Champs 62, 1040 Brussels, Belgium in the offices previously used by its forerunner FEM. FEMA's first General Secretary was Simon Milward who had previously served since 1992 as the General Secretary of the Federation of European Motorcyclists. The main driving force behind the amalgamation of FEM and EMA into FEMA was Neil Liversidge, the National Chairman (1989-2002) of the UK's Motorcycle Action Group, then known as MAG (UK) Ltd.
The merger created a pan-European riders' rights organisation ranging from Scandinavia in the north to Greece in the south and from Ireland in the west to the Czech republic in the east. It also brought together national organisations who continued to compete with each other for members within their own territories such as MAG (UK) and the British Motorcyclists Federation of the UK, and BVDM, Kuhle Wampe and Biker Union of Germany.
In 1999 the FEMA member groups met with other motorcyclists' organisations and motorcycle industry representatives from across the globe in Mulhouse, France. It was at this conference that Neil Liversidge also authored the 'Mulhouse Declaration', that -
The declaration received the unanimous support of the delegates present.
Founding member organisations of FEMA were:
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