Overview
Annick Roetynck is Managing Director of LEVA-EU, a position she has held since March 2017. She is based in Gent and has been an independent business owner since January 1990.
Between July 2014 and January 2017 she was Light Electric Vehicle Policy Manager at AVERE, and from 2016 to December 2017 she sat on the board of ASBE. Earlier, she was Secretary General of the European Twowheel Retailers' Association from January 1995 to December 2013, having held the same role at the Belgische Tweewielerfederatie from February 1987 to January 1995.
She studied at Rijksuniversiteit Gent from 1981, taking a bachelor's degree in State and Public Administration Science in 1983 and a master's degree in Political Science in 1985. She subsequently attended the Institute for Journalism Brussels from 1989 to 1991 and studied bicycle and motorcycle mechanics and repair technology at Syntra Midden-Vlaanderen, Campus Asse, from 1991 to 1993. Her secondary education was in Latin-Greek at Lyceum Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant.
Career history
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In the news
- What a piece of work is that man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!”
- Have your say on the draft EN 15194, the European standard for e-bikes (EPACs). Commenting is free and open to everyone. https://lnkd.in/eTPeny68
- Call for publications: customs classification of parts imported in separate shipments On 7 October 2026, the General Court of the EU ruled that parts imported in separate shipments, months apart, can be classified as complete products when objective factors show they form a whole. The case concerned e-bike parts, but the rule applies to every product in the customs tariff. LEVA-EU is collecting existing publications on the issues raised by this case, for example: commentary or analysis of the judgment - articles on the
- 2027 will change the rules for light electric vehicles. Is your company ready? New obligations under the Battery Regulation, the switch to the Machinery Regulation, and the EU’s plans for small affordable cars will all affect the LEV sector next year. Companies that understand these rules early will have a head start. That’s why LEVA-EU is making it easier to join now: ✅ Join from 1 November 2026 and your membership runs until 31 December 2027: up to 14 months for the price of 12 ✅ You pay the 2026 rate and avoid the 2027 indexation
- Further to this post: https://lnkd.in/p/eu_h9sNd "As regards numbers of customs checks, the Commissions report on controls on products entering the EU market with regard to product compliance in 2024 (Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union) finds that customs checks were carried out on 82 per million imports in 2024, which compares to 124 per million in 2023 and 203 per million in 2022. This decrease is a direct result of the increasing number of shipments." Figure 2 - Customs checks carried out on products entering
- Just as in the EU, there is a shocking lack of knowledge about existing legislation. MCIA UK & Tony Campbell: there ARE standards, there IS legislation. If borders were checked against that legislation, the number of illegal vehicles on the road would very likely drop. So, incidentally, would the number of battery fires. Unfortunately, that doesn't make for telegenic police operations. Yesterday, for example, the BBC showed a police team pulling a 13-year-old boy off his illegal e-bike and pinning him to the ground in handcuffs as if
- Does your company assemble e-bikes in Europe with imported components? Then this ruling concerns you. On 7 October, the EU’s General Court ruled that e-bike parts imported in separate shipments, even months apart, can be taxed as complete e-bikes. For parts from China, that means anti-dumping and countervailing duties of up to 70.1% and 17.2%. The ruling sets no threshold, no time limit and no procedure to get certainty in advance. Customs can reopen past imports, and criminal proceedings are possible. A genuine European assembler
- At LEVA-EU, we are very pleased to welcome MS Energy as our first Croation member and we're very much looking forward to working with you in the coming year.
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