However, the failure of harmonized standard EN 15194:2017, Cycles – Electrically power assisted cycles – EPAC Bicycles, to address this issue has been criticized not only (and repeatedly) by KAN, but also by the HAS Consultant reviewing the standard. KAN's efforts to have a warning concerning EN 15194 published in the EU Official Journal were reported in KANBrief 4/22. The purpose of this warning is to suspend the presumption of conformity with the requirements concerning vibration.
The required warning was published in the EU Official Journal in January 2023. An amendment to the standard containing requirements concerning vibration levels was already at the public enquiry phase, but it too failed to meet KAN's demands. The standards body must amend the standard further by adding requirements concerning vibration.