June 2007

VCA Rig Appraisal
The STATUS seat belt anchorage rig appraisal by The VCA to conduct witnessed and non witnessed seat belt anchorage tests for Enhanced Single Vehicle Approval (ESVA) purposes has been renewed and updated to accommodate testing to the latest ammendment to the directive i.e. 2005/41/EC.

September – December 2007

DfT consultations
As a result of changes to the EC framework directive the DfT have started to draft revisions to national type approval requirements for cars and new requirements for all other vehicles. STATUS has been busy therefore responding to the informal consultations on these proposals on behalf of its members. The changes to existing national requirements for cars included Single Vehicle Approval (SVA) which will now be called Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) and also UK Low volume Type approval (LVTA). If you want to know what the implications are as a result of these changes STATUS can help

October 2007

Recast Framework Directive
The Recast Framework Directive (2007/46/EC) was finally published this month. This defines the rules for type approval of vehicles across the EC, the important change being that type approval is now to be phased in for all types of vehicles including Good vehicles, buses, coaches and trailers whereas previously it was only mandatory for cars. This will mean much more regulation for these vehicles and STATUS can help guide manufacturers through the type approval process so contact us now to see how we can help.

General & Miscellaneous

Links To Members' Websites
Our list of STATUS member's websites continues to grow. Could members contact Mike Hughes if they wish to be included. The list is available here.