What is Type Approval and Who does it affect?   

The National Small Series Type Approval scheme “NSSTA” is a common process for approving new goods, passenger vehicles and trailers. Once an initial ‘type’ of vehicle is examined and the production arrangements are assessed as meeting Conformity of Production requirements, more vehicles of this type can be manufactured and sold without the need for further inspections and testing.

The aim of vehicle type approval is to make sure that new goods and passenger vehicles are safer and have a lower impact on the environment, without there being the need to inspect and test every single one.

It has affected affect all businesses involved in the manufacture, conversion, build, import or sale of new goods and passenger vehicles and will include ancillary equipment suppliers such as those who build cranes or tail lifts.

All new vehicles have to be built to an approved standard before they can be sold or used on the road in any EU member state or Country.

The Type approval legislation was introduced on 29th October 2014. Which meant “NO APPROVAL NO SALE”