Bicycode has been officially approved by the government as an authorized bicycle marking operator since publication in the official journal JORF n° 0060 of March 11, 2021.
Source: CP*
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Shimano France is partnering with the pioneer in cycle identification to provide customers with a marking solution through its retail network. Since January 1, 2021, sellers of new bicycles (in store or online) must affix the identification marking and register the owner of the bicycle on the National Single File of Identified Cycles (FNUCI, operational since March 9, 2021).
Currently booming, the bicycle market is however hampered by the numerous thefts suffered by urban cyclists in particular. In 2018, nearly 300 bicycles were reported stolen, however, of the nearly half of bicycles found, only 000 to 2% are returned due to lack of identification*. In order to more easily return bicycles to their owners, a specific measure of the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) has just come into force: the marking of new bicycles has been mandatory since January 3, 1.
With this distribution agreement, Shimano France is committed to protection against bicycle theft.
*report of the annual survey “Living environment and security 2017” conducted by the National Observatory of delinquency and penal responses and INSEE with the SSMSI (Ministerial statistical service for internal security).
The marking consists of applying an identifier provided by Bicycode from the national file manager (FNUCI) to the bicycle frame. It must be unalterable and easily readable when the bike is parked. This can be an engraving of the frame protected by a sticker (micro-percussion engraving) or a secure adhesive which itself carries the identifier (Adcolite label). Thanks to this marking, the police (the National Police, the Municipal Police and the gendarmerie) can now quickly identify the owner of a bike in the event of theft and thus return their property.
