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SMMT demystifies Whole Vehicle Type Approval
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By Kevin Swallow THE SOCIETY OF Motor Manufacturing and Traders (SMMT) has given manufacturers a glimpse of how the new vehicle approval system will work and the administrative web they must negotiate in order to get a vehicle registered.
At its seminar on Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA), the trade association was keen to get across the message 'no registration equals no sale'.
The SMMT says each range of chassiscabs, bodies and bodywork products from manufacturers in the supply chain will need a £1,785 Conformity of Production (CoP) test for type approval (TA).
The holder of the CoP must consider which TA status is needed based on expected volume. 'Full European' TA means limitless Certificates of Conformity (CoC) can be issued for new-build products that adhere to the CoP test.
SMMT technical manager Colin Wilde says that if manufacturers choose 'National Small Series', it limits CoC product build numbers, while 'Individual Vehicle Approval' doesn't need any CoPs.
The buyer needs to know which part of the manufacturing collective is gathering the CoCs for vehicle registration. If it is a one-stage build, like a tractor with factory-fit fifth wheel or a one-stop-shop process, then it will be the manufacturer or its dealer.
If it is multi-stage, then it will depend at which point of sale the buyer started at manufacturer, dealer or bodybuilder.
For one-stage product manufacturing, a 'complete' CoC will be issued: if it needs to go to a second-stage build, then it will leave the first stage with an 'incomplete' CoC. Once the additional work is done, 'incomplete' is upgraded to 'completed'.