How do manufacturers obtain Type Approval?
To achieve Type Approval for a new model of vehicle you need to demonstrate that you have quality management standards that meet the requirements for Conformity of Production (CoP) and that your vehicle meets the technical requirements set out in the Directive and associated legislation. In practice, this means you will need to: • Consider the design and construction of your vehicle to ensure that all relevant components and systems comply with the technical requirements, as listed in the ECWVTA Directive • Make an application for Type Approval to the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) or another member state approval authority, requiring: 1. Your production processes to be subjected to a CoP Assessment. You will need to provide documentation of your systems to demonstrate that all vehicles of the same type, manufactured following the documented process, will conform to the type approved specification 2. A thorough examination of your pre-production vehicles (including destructive test
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