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Upcoming & recent mandatory approval dates!
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| Special Purpose M1 (Passenger Cars) |
From the 29th of April 2012 onwards, all NEW special purpose M1’s must have proof of approval before the Revenue Commissioners will register the vehicle for use on Irish roads. Special purpose vehicles are vehicles which have been adapted in order to perform a particular function requiring special arrangements or equipment. Examples of special purpose M1’s include the following vehicle categories:
• Motor caravan
• Ambulance
• Hearse
• Wheelchair accessible vehicle
• disabled person’s vehicle
A Special Purpose M1 Leaflet (PDF) is available for download which provides further information on how these categories of vehicles are affected from the 29th of April 2012 onwards and an overview of the approval system. |
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Buses, Mini buses & Light Goods Vehicles |
Since 29th of October 2011, all NEW buses and mini-buses are required to have proof of approval before the Revenue Commissioners will register the vehicle for use on Irish roads. Also since the 29th of October 2011, new LGV’s manufactured in a single stage require approval in order to be registered in Ireland. Further to this, a multi stage built N1 vehicle (LGV) registered since October 29th 2011 is required to have been built on a type approved chassis (as evidenced by EC incomplete CoC).
A Bus, Mini-Bus and LGV Type Approval Leaflet(PDF) is available for download which provides information on how these categories of vehicles are affected since the 29th of October 2011 and an overview of the approval system.
Note wheelchair accessible M2 and M3 vehicles are not considered to be special purpose vehicles and so require approval from the mandatory dates of the normal M2 and M3 vehicle categories. |
Mandatory Compliance Dates for ECWVTA and its related national approval schemes
| Vehicle Category |
Date for obligatory approval for vehicles entering into service |
| M1 |
29 Apr 2009 |
| Incomplete and complete vehicles of categories M2, M3 |
29 Oct 2010 |
| Completed vehicles of categories M2, M3 |
29 Oct 2011
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Incomplete and complete vehicles of category N1
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Special- purpose vehicles of category M1
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29 Apr 2012 |
| Incomplete and complete vehicles of categories N2, N3, O1, O2, O3, O4 |
29 Oct 2012 |
| Completed vehicles of category N1 |
29 Apr 2013 |
| Completed vehicles of categories O1, O2, O3, O4 |
29 Oct 2013 |
| Special- purpose vehicles of categories N1, N2, N3, M2, M3, O1, O2, O3, O4 |
29 Oct 2014
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| Completed vehicles of categories N2, N3 |
Please see our vehicle categories section for EU definitions of the various vehicle categories. Further information on obtaining type approval is available in our obtaining type approval section
Currently all new passenger cars are required to have type approval in the form of either ECWVTA, NSSTA (National Small Series Type Approval) or IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval) in order to be registered in Ireland.
Companies or individuals involved in the manufacture or registration of new passenger cars are required to have an EC or NSSTA Certificate of Conformity (CoC) or an IVA certificate for each new vehicle presented for registration.
The Framework Directive (2007/46/EC) was negotiated over several years and extends whole vehicle type approval (at various implementation dates) from passenger cars to include all other motor vehicle categories including:
- vans
- minibuses
- buses
- coaches
- heavy goods vehicles
- caravans
- light and heavy trailers
- horseboxes
Up until the future mandatory approval dates, these vehicles must meet with our current entry into service regulations.
You can view a legislative guide which provides an overview of the current type approval and entry into service legislation which is applicable
Further Information
Queries with regard to type approval and entry into service legislation can be sent to ecwvta@rsa.ie or alternatively telephone 096 - 25040/25014
The NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland) is Ireland’s approval authority and are responsible for issuing all national approvals (IVA or NSSTA) for vehicles in Ireland. For more information on making an application for approval, please visit www.nsai.ie or phone 01‐8073919 or 01‐8073832.”