Archives for Regulatory Updates

Letter of Authorisation required if applicants act on your behalf

Action required – We need a Letter of Authorisation if you use agencies or contractors to act on your behalf   What’s happening? We require all approval holders or manufacturers to complete a Letter of Authorisation to allow applicants to act on their behalf.   Why are we doing this? The intention of the Letter...

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Assessing the compliance of Steer-by-Wire systems for Individual Vehicle Approval

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)....

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