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Guidelines
Guidelines for the parts replacement on CE marked
e-bikes / EPACs / EAPCs with 250 watts and a pedal
assist of up to 25 kmh (15.5 mph)
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Par
ts tha
t ma
y only be r
eplac
ed af
ter the
vehicle manufac
tur
er/sy
st
em pr
ovider
has g
iv
en appr
ov
al
Par
ts tha
t ma
y be r
eplac
ed af
ter the v
ehicle or
par
ts manufac
tur
er has g
iv
en appr
ov
al*
Par
ts tha
t do not r
equir
e specific appr
ov
al
Special not
es f
or moun
ting ac
cessories
>
M
ot
or
>
Sensors
>
Elec
tr
onic c
on
tr
ol unit
>
Elec
tric cables
>
Con
tr
ol unit on the handlebar
>
D
ispla
y
>
Ba
tt
er
y pack
>
Char
ger
>
Cr
ank arms
(P
ro
vided tha
t both the length (c
en
tr
e of axle
moun
t – c
en
tr
e of pedal thr
ead) as w
ell as the distanc
e cr
ank
ar
ms – fr
ame c
en
tr
e (
Q
-fac
tor) ar
e obser
ved)
>
W
heel without hub mot
or
(P
ro
vided tha
t the E
TR
TO is
obser
ved)
>
Chain
/ T
oothed belt
(P
ro
vided tha
t the or
ig
inal width is
obser
ved)
>
Rim tape
(R
im tapes and r
ims must be c
ompa
tible
. M
odi
-
fied c
ombina
tions ma
y r
esult in r
im tape shif
ting and thus in
def
ec
tiv
e inner tubes)
>
Tyr
es
(T
he str
onger ac
celer
ation, the additional w
eigh
t
and the mor
e dynamic c
or
ner
ing r
equir
e the use of t
yr
es
appr
ov
ed f
or e
-bike use
. I
n this r
espec
t, obser
vanc
e of the
ETR
TO is essen
tial)
>
Br
ak
e cables / Br
ak
e hoses
>
Br
ak
e pads
(Disc
, r
oller
, drum br
akes)
>
Handlebar
-st
em unit
(P
ro
vided tha
t ther
e is no need of
chang
ing the lengths of cables and/or hoses
. A modifica
ti-
on of the sea
ting position f
or the benefit of the c
onsumer
should be possible within the or
ig
inal cable lengths
. A
modifica
tion bey
ond r
esults in a sig
nifican
tly changed load
distr
ibution on the bic
ycle and ma
y pot
en
tially lead t
o
cr
itical st
eer
ing pr
oper
ties)
>
Saddle and sea
t post unit
(P
ro
vided tha
t the off
set t
o
the r
ear does not e
xc
eed 20 mm with r
egar
d t
o the ser
ies /
or
ig
inal field of use
.
In the case of a suspension sea
t post this
applies when the c
yclist adopts the t
ypical r
iding position.
In this case
, as w
ell
, a modified load distr
ibution bey
ond
the in
tended adjustmen
t r
ange ma
y lead t
o cr
itical st
eer
ing
pr
oper
ties
. T
he length of the saddle r
ails a
t the saddle fr
ame
as w
ell as the saddle f
or
m ar
e also an issue)
>
Headligh
ts
(Headligh
ts ar
e desig
ned f
or a specific v
oltage
which must be c
ompa
tible with the r
echar
geable ba
tt
er
y of
the v
ehicles
. I
n addition, the elec
tr
omag
netic c
ompa
tibilit
y
(EMC
) must be ensur
ed wher
eas the headligh
t ma
y be
responsible f
or a par
t of the pot
en
tial distur
banc
e)
*
Not
e: A
ppr
ov
al can only be g
iv
en b
y the c
omponen
t manu
-
fac
tur
er
, if the c
omponen
t w
as t
est
ed sufficien
tly ac
cor
ding
to its in
tended use and the r
espec
tiv
e standar
ds in adv
anc
e
and if a risk analy
sis w
as made
.
>
Headset
>
Bott
om br
ack
et
>
Pedals
(P
ro
vided tha
t the pedal is not wider
than the ser
ies/or
ig
inal pedal)
>
Fr
on
t der
ailleur
>
Rear der
ailleur
(A
ll gear change par
ts must be
suitable f
or the number of gears and c
ompa
tible
with one another)
>
Shif
ters /
Twist g
rip
>
Cables and housings
>
Chain
wheels / B
elt spr
ock
ets / C
assett
e
spr
ock
ets
(P
ro
vided tha
t the number of t
eeth and the
diamet
er is iden
tical t
o the ser
ies/or
ig
inal field
of use)
>
Chainguar
d
>
Mudguar
ds
(P
ro
vided tha
t the width is not
smaller than tha
t of the ser
ies/or
ig
inal par
ts and
the clear
anc
e t
o the t
yr
e is 10 mm a
t least)
>
Spok
es
>
Inner tube of iden
tical desig
n and with
iden
tical v
alv
e
>
D
ynamo
>
Ba
tt
er
y/r
echar
geable ba
tt
er
y-
oper
at
ed
headligh
ts
Only
, if pr
ovided with a K
-number)
>
Rear ligh
t
(D
ynamo
-oper
at
ed or po
w
er
ed b
y
rechar
geable e
-bike ba
tt
er
y)
>
Reflec
tor
>
Spok
e r
eflec
tor
>
Kickstand
>
G
rips with scr
ew clamps
>
Bell
>
Bar ends ar
e permissible
, pr
ovided
tha
t the
y ar
e moun
ted appr
opria
tely
to
w
ar
ds the fr
on
t
(T
he load distr
ibution must not be modified
sev
er
ely)
>
Rear
-vie
w mirr
ors ar
e permissible
.
>
In G
erman
y, additional ba
tt
er
y/r
e-
char
geable
ba
tt
er
y-
oper
at
ed headligh
ts
with K
-number
(t
est c
er
tifica
te) ar
e permissible ac
cor
d-
ing t
o sec
tion
67 of the G
erman r
oad
tr
affic lic
ensing r
egula
tions
. (I
nf
orm
yourself about the leg
isla
tion in y
our
coun
tr
y).
>
Tr
ailers ar
e only permissible af
ter ap
-
pr
ov
al b
y the v
ehicle manufac
tur
er
.
>
Child sea
ts ar
e only permissible af
ter
appr
ov
al b
y the v
ehicle manufac
tur
er
.
>
Fr
on
t bask
ets ar
e t
o be c
onsider
ed crit
-
ical due t
o the undefined load distribu
-
tion. P
ermissible af
ter appr
ov
al b
y the
vehicle manufac
tur
er only
.
>
Pannier bags and t
op cases ar
e permissi
-
ble
.
The permissible t
otal w
eigh
t, the maxi
-
mum loading of the luggage carrier and
a c
orr
ec
t load distribution ha
ve t
o be
obser
ved
.
>
Permanen
tly moun
ted w
ea
ther pr
ot
ec
-
tion de
vic
es ar
e only permissible af
ter
appr
ov
al b
y the v
ehicle manufac
tur
er
.
>
Fr
on
t and r
ear luggage carriers ar
e
only permissible af
ter appr
ov
al b
y the
vehicle manufac
tur
er
.
Par
ts tha
t ma
y only be r
eplac
ed the v
ehi
-
cle
manufac
tur
er has g
iv
en appr
ov
al
>
Fr
ame
>
Rear shock
>
Rig
id and suspension f
ork
>
W
heel f
or hub mot
or
>
Br
ak
e sy
st
em
>
Br
ak
e pads
(r
im br
akes)
>
Luggage carrier
(L
uggage car
riers dir
ec
tly
aff
ec
t the load distr
ibution on the bic
ycle
. B
oth
nega
tiv
e and positiv
e modifica
tions pot
en
tially
result in a r
iding beha
viour tha
t diff
ers fr
om tha
t
implied b
y the manufac
tur
er)
Leitfaden für den B
aut
eiletausch
bei CE-
gekennz
eichnet
en E-Bikes
/
Pedelecs
mit 250
W
att und einer
Tr
etun
terstützung bis 25 k
m/h
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t: Z
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This
is
the
tr
ansla
tion
of
the
original
guidelines
issued
by
ZIV
, V
SF
, BIV
(G
erman
umbr
ella
or
ganisa
tion f
or the G
erman c
ycle industr
y guilds) and v
elot
ech.de in c
oop
er
ation with
Zedler-I
nstitut
, up
da
ted in 2023. I
n the e
ven
t of an
y misunderstandings
, the original G
erman v
er
-
sion (L
eitfaden für den B
aut
eiletausch b
ei CE-
gek
ennz
eichnet
en E-Bik
es/P
edelecs mit 250
W
att
und einer
Tr
etun
terstützung bis 25 k
m/h) shall b
e applic
able
.
Exper
ts of the f
ollo
wing associa
tions/c
ompanies w
er
e in
volv
ed in dr
awing up the pr
esen
t guidelines
(in alphabetic or
der):