SMMT Offers Help on Type Approval

May 3, 2011
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) used the recent CV Show to launch its European and National Type Approval (SENTA) guide, with a series of presentations to body builders or converters, many of which were new to SENTA.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) used the recent CV Show to launch its European and National Type Approval (SENTA) guide, with a series of presentations to body builders or converters, many of which were new to SENTA.

The SENTA guide is a step-by-step guide to ease vehicle manufacturers and bodybuilders through the complicated European Community whole vehicle type approval system. It also allows for national approval schemes for low-volume manufacturers.

For a new approval application, SENTA will ease the lengthy process. The guide details what a manufacturer must do from the original design idea, through the development and construction stages to completion of the approval process. The guide is split into three parts: how to determine the vehicle type and approval route; the requirements for Type Approval; and how to complete a program to type approve a vehicle.