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Many countries have legislated to one extent or another the legality of Electric Bicycles. Countries Like the United States and Canada have Federal regulations governing the safety requirements and standards of manufacture. Other countries like the Signatories of the European Union have agreed to wider ranging legislation covering use and safety for what they term EPAC(Electric pedal assisted cycles).

There is however still confusion over the various legislations involving Electric Bicycles. This stems from the fact that while places like the US and Canada offer some Federal regulation the legality of road use is left to the various States or Provinces and then complicated further by municipal laws and restrictions. Further more there are a range of classifications and terms describing them, “Power-assisted bicycle” (Canada) or “Power assisted cycle” (United Kingdom) or ”Electric pedal assisted cycles” (European Union) or simply “electric bicycles”, and as such in some cases have varying laws according to their respective classifications in some places.