The current regulation is: slow e-bikes may be ridden from the age of 16 without a driver's license. Young people with a category M driving license (motorcycles) are allowed to ride slow e-bikes from the age of 14. This age is now to be lowered to 12 years.

This lowering of the age goes back to a motion by Martin Schmid (FDP/GR) in the Council of States. In an interview with the news portal nau.ch, Schmid says that this age reduction is important for tourism and that it is important not to oversleep the start of a mobility trend among young people.

The Federal Council advises Parliament to reject this motion. The argumentation of President Simonetta Sommargu can be found here.

The bicycle market already has e-bikes for children from around 6 years of age. One protagonist of this movement is the German manufacturer ben-e-bike. The children's bike specialist Woom is now also focusing on a children's bike with a Fazua assist motor, which is due to be launched in May.