Vehicle type approval for global market access

Why is a vehicle type approval certificate important?

Homologation provides multiple benefits to vehicle and components manufacturers:

• Gain legal access to target markets to generate higher revenues
• Ensure rapid delivery of your product to consumers
• Avoid costly penalties and fines for non-compliance or costly recalls
• Boost brand reputation among consumers and regulators by ensuring vehicle safety

TÜV SÜD provides one-stop, international vehicle homologation service

TÜV SÜD is a trusted provider of type approval certificates to many of the world’s leading car brands and OEMs. We offer a comprehensive range of automotive homologation services that help you to obtain approval for vehicles, systems and components in an efficient manner. As an expert homologation partner of the automotive industry and a technical service provider of the categories A, B, C and D according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025, we are accredited for over 400 national and international testing procedures and have access to test laboratories all over the world.

Our services include various knowledge, documentation and testing services including Conformity of Production (CoP) testing, technical support, homologation services for compliance to European and non-European type approvals. With our technical advice for the entire vehicle life cycle we can support you in various global approval processes, providing Multi regulation management and can interpret local standards for which we are not accredited by performing a gap analysis to identify potential nonconformities.

We stay abreast of all the latest automotive regulation changes worldwide and can advise you on best practices. This gives you a truly one-stop solution for vehicle type approval. And because we are international, we can work with you wherever you are based.

TÜV SÜD’s vehicle type approval and homologation services

We assist you in the handling of complete homologation projects. Learn about our specific services and market regulation expertise below:

• Technical advice

  Our local experts are well versed in the EU/ECE regulations and speak the local language of the market you would like to enter. In markets where TÜV SÜD is not accredited, we can interpret the local standards and perform a gap analysis to identify potential non-conformities of your product. We facilitate the closing of gaps, the type approval process and all communication between your business and the local authority.

• Check of documentation

  We perform an overall check of the complete documentation provided by the manufacturer.

• Preparation of substantiated technical reports

  We prepare substantiated technical reports to provide to European and non-European approval authorities.

• Homologation services

  We assist in the handling of complete homologation projects or support you during capacity bottlenecks.

• European approvals according to the following framework regulations:   

  • Regulation (EU) 2018/858 (passenger cars, buses, trucks and trailers – replaces Directive 2007/46/EC)
  • Regulation (EU) 167/2013 (agricultural and forestry tractors)
  • Regulation (EU) 168/2013 (motorcycles and light 3- and 4-wheel vehicles)
  • Separate technical units, components and systems

• Non-European approvals according but not limited to the following standards:

  • ADR for Australia
  • CMVSS for Canada        
  • FMVSS for North America
  • GB-Standards for China (CCC mark) 
  • GOST for Russia
  • INMETRO for Brazil  
  • TRIAS for Japan
  • VSTD for Taiwan  

• National approvals according to local road traffic licensing regulations:

  • Germany
  • Czech Republic

• Conformity of Production (COP) tests

  We assist in performing COP tests after you have obtained approval from the authorities.