Guidance

Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA): designated technical services

Directive compliance testing for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) can only be done by a designated technical service authorised to carry out approval testing.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Published: 18 July 2013
• Last updated: 12 April 2018
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  1. 12 April 2018

     Updated the links to designated technical services.

  2. 5 March 2015

     Updated list of technical services.

  3. 18 July 2013

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 19 March 2021

This information is no longer up to date. Designated technical services authorised to carry out approval testing can be found in the vehicle certification agency’s guide to designated technical services.

Documents

Designated technical services

https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents?tags=technical-service-auto&pageSize=30&sortCol=title&sortOrder=asc

Details

Designated technical services authorised to carry out approval testing are listed on the European Commission’s website.

Testing facilities not listed may be suitable, but the test would need to be witnessed by a Type Approval authority, for example, the Vehicle Certification Agency.

You can also prove your vehicle is compliant using an IVA model report, which shows that your vehicle is the same specification as another.