Assessing the compliance of Steer-by-Wire systems for Individual Vehicle Approval   Approval of vehicles through Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) is regulated by the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020 No. 818). As detailed in this legislation, steering systems are required to provide evidence of compliance to Directive 70/311/EEC (as last amended by Directive 1999/7/EC)....

AES/BES Webinar We recently hosted a webinar to introduce a new process for making applications for emissions strategy documentation (AES/BES), document reviews, and the link to associated type approval applications. The webinar covered the following topics: ◽ Policy refresher on handling of AES/BES documentation across GB, UK(NI), UN and EU type approval schemes ◽ Demonstration...

Expression of interest – GB Technical Services The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is currently considering the appointment of EU or UK based Technical Services to carry out testing for the new GB Type Approval Scheme. The GB type approval Regulations for which Technical Services are being considered are: Whole Vehicle Type Approval (not including NSSTA...

Digital portal now live for Type Approval enquiries and applications for all schemes We are pleased to announce that the latest enhancements to our self-serve digital portal are now live. From the 5 February 2024 Type Approval enquiries and applications for all schemes must now be made through our new portal which can be accessed...

Webinars to support VCA customers using our digital portal As part of our ongoing digital portal development, we are running webinars to help support users. These sessions range from broad overviews for new users to more specific sessions detailing key development updates. The sessions will provide a demonstration as well as an opportunity to ask...

Non-Executive Director Appointments – Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) The Vehicle Certification Agency and the Department for Transport are pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Beasley and Darran Messem, who join the VCA as non-executive directors (NEDs). Jon is a business and engineering professional with approaching 40 years’ of Global automotive industry experience. He has...

Further information about our new digital self-serve portal for all type approval schemes We are working to make it quicker and easier for you to manage your Type Approval applications online and are delighted to share that our new digital self-serve portal for all schemes will be launching in early 2024. The following key changes...

Introduction of the full Great Britain (GB) Type Approval for incomplete vehicle types – Webinar registration now open. It has been brought to our attention that there is some uncertainty around the first, mandatory application of the GB type approval scheme for ‘Incomplete’ vehicle types. We are writing to you today to clarify the scheme...

UNECE, UKNI and EU Digital Applications – Webinar registration now open As many of you will know, we are currently transforming some of our processes to make it quicker and easier for you to manage your approval applications online. Many of you have already had experience of using our digital application portal to progress provisional...

The Vehicle Certification Agency launched a new application portal for everyone using the Provisional GB Scheme on 3 October 2022. * To support this, we shared four short webinars in October and November to walk through the new system and how applications should now be made. Slides and frequently asked questions (FAQs) Click here to...