Approvals for devices for Bicycles
As no EC directives of the European Union nor ECE/ONU
regulations admitted at an international level are
existing for the bicycles, some national codes with
particular requirements have to be considered. One of
the most important is the german code (StVZO), that
includes also the measurement and related approvals of
lights/reflectors for bicycle mounting.
FAKT tests and issues the technical reports in
order to obtain an ABG certificate for
rear position lamps (TA14b),
headlamps (TA23),
retro-reflectors of category Z (TA18) and
outline marker lamps for appendixes
(TA14c).
The approval testing for bicycles is completed by the dynamo tests (TA24) and the retro-reflecting tyres tests (ECE R88).