Legislation and Information Services
This page was last updated on 5th March 2020In addition to providing type approval technical and approval authority services, we can also provide copies of all automotive European Community and UN ECE legislation in a number of ways.
The information is available either as ‘one-off’ individual Word or PDF formatted documents, or as part of an integrated library package – VISTA (VCA’s Information Service for Type Approval).
We are now able to supply interested customers with up to the minute information on key dates associated with the legislation though our LegStat system. Follow the links below for more information on each of these solutions.
LegStat is an online service that is our radar on proposed and draft legislation. VISTA is an electronic library of EU and UN Type Approval Legislation that is available either online or on a DVD-Rom.
This section includes information on current standards for Type Approval and forthcoming legislation.
When legislative standards change and new legislation is coming into force, manufacturers may be allowed to place on the market, offer for sale, register and/or enter into service certain vehicles that do not comply with the incoming standards.
Please read this section before you begin using the VISTA or LegStat service.
This guidance is intended for manufacturers of engines for Non-Road Mobile Machinery and requiring an exemption for field testing of engines in the UK. Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 was retained as GB legislation and the EU version applies…