E-bicycle does not need to register

The Ministry of Police issued Circular No. 15/2014/TT-BCA guiding on registration when selling, buying, or donating e-motorcycle similar to regulations on motorcycle and car. Managing partner, Pham Vu Khanh Toan reported on some main points of the Circular.

1. Subject applied to the regulations: electric motorcycles

In fact, e-motorcycle must to register that was provided by the Act on Road Traffic and Circular 06/2009 from July 01, 2009 (e-bicycle does not need to register). Circular 15/2014 clarifies more detailed procedures for the registration of e-motorcycle. Accordingly, when performing registration of e-motorcycle, people need have some papers such as application for registration (as to form); Papers on the origin of e-motorcycle, Sale Invoice, Receipt on official fees.

Traffic of e-motorcycle without its registration will be sanctioned from 300,000-400,000 VND.

2. How to distinguish between e-bicycles and e-motorcycle

According to Decree 171/2013 of the Government, e-motorcycle is driven by electric motor which has the largest capacity not greater than 4 kW with a maximum speed of 50 km/h while maximum speed of e-bicycle is 25 km/h.

Circular 15/2014/TT-BCA takes effect from June 01, 2014.

Pham & Associates is a legal representative in Vietnam for Honda Motor Co., (Japan). Over the past 2 years, there were many kinds of e-bicycle counterfeited Honda marks appearing on the market. We would like to advise that, the Honda genuine of e-bicycles were imported mainly from Honda Sundiro Motorcycle Co., Ltd - China with some trademarks such as Juchi, Kushi, A5, A6. In case of discovering Honda trademark counterfeits, please contact us at hanoi@pham.com.vn.

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