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Are You Importing a vehicle into the United Kingdom?

If you are Thinking of, or in the process of importing a vehicle into the United Kingdom from within the EEC, or from further away you will need an SVA. {Single Vehicle Approval}.

What is the Single Vehicle Approval Scheme?

The Single Vehicle Approval (SVA) scheme is a pre-registration inspection for cars and light goods vehicles that have not been type-approved to British or European standards. The main purpose of the scheme is to ensure that these vehicles have been designed and constructed to modern safety and environmental standards before they can be used on public roads.

Why do we need SVA?

SVA checks that vehicles constructed for non-European Economic Area markets comply with British law. Even vehicles outwardly similar to European-specification models, but intended for other markets, can often be unsuitable for use in Britain without at least some modification. . SVA recognises certain non-European technical standards as acceptable alternatives to the SVA requirements.

What is tested?

Most of the items inspected in the SVA scheme are those that are tested when manufacturers apply for type-approval of mass-produced vehicles. The following table lists the items inspected for cars and light goods vehicles for the two levels of SVA. All the items for Standard SVA are checked at the SVA test station.

 

Item	Standard SVA
	Cars	Light Goods Vehicles
Doors, their latches and hinges	Standard
Radio interference suppression	Standard	Standard
Protective steering	Standard
Exhaust emissions	Standard *	Standard *
Smoke emissions (diesels only)	Standard	Standard
Lamps, reflectors and devices	Standard
Rear-view mirrors	Standard
Anti-theft devices	Standard *
Seat belts	Standard
Seat belt anchorages	Standard *
Installation of seat belts	Standard
Brakes	Standard	Standard
Noise and silencers	Standard *	Standard *
Glass: windscreen & other windows outside	Standard
Seats and their anchorages	Standard
Tyres	Standard
Interior fittings	Standard
External projections	Standard
Speedometers	Standard
Wiper and washer system	Standard
Defrosting and demisting system	Standard
Fuel input	Standard	Standard
Design weights	Standard
General vehicle construction	Standard	Standard
CO2emissions & fuel consumption (vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1997)
Front Impact Protection (vehicles manufactured after 1 October 2003)
Plate for goods vehicles		Standard
Side Impact Protection (vehicles manufactured after 1 October 2003)

These are some of the Items your vehicle must conform to once your vehicle can be used on the U.K Roads.

Before this you have Customs & Excise Clearing, Shipping papers, Collection from the Port of Arrival. For all these you will need the services of separate agents.

We at SVA CONVERSIONS can complete all the above "In House". See Our Services

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