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Information Notices on European and UK National Type Approval Legislation

This area of our site aims to keep customers abreast of information regarding current acceptable standards for Type Approval and forthcoming legislation.

This information is updated bi-monthly, but will not offer the level of service available through our VISTA & LegStat systems (follow the link for more information on these systems).

• Latest Legislation Information Notice (PDF 196.7KB)
  News on changes to EC, UNECE and National Legislation is available on this document (follow this link to Archived Legislation Notices)
• Status of ECE Regulations (PDF 141.3KB)
  Status of EC Directives (PDF 281KB)  These documents list all of the base EC Directive's and UNECE Regulations with the latest amending Directive or series of Amendments shown alongside.
• Signatories to the ECE Regulations (the '1958 agreement') (PDF 1.6MB) -This document identifies each UNECE member state and each of the Regulations they will accept and may issue.
• To keep up to date with proposed changes to UNECE Vehicle Regulations being discussed, VCA recommends a subscription to VISTA and LegStat. For more details click on the link. /vca/legislation/vcas-information-sys.asp
• Automotive Glossary of Abbreviations (PDF 266.1KB). The organisations and technical abbreviations referred to within the legislation will be listed here.

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Information on the ECWVTA Framework Directive