Massive longshot, but just hoping someone on here may have done it or know someone who has.

I have a customer who wants to buy one of my cars (already UK registered) for use in Romania, he has spoken to his local registration authority who have simply referred him to Directive 2007/46EC, which on inspection appears to be referring to European Type Approval & they have told him he would need a "homologation certificate", but haven't given any inkling of precisely what this document is or where to get it from (UK/Romania/EU or ???)

Obviously the only paperwork we have for the cars is a V5, but that would be the same whether you're talking about a Furore F1, a 7 clone or a mainstream tintop, the only "type approval" we ever get is the IAC, but of course DVLA keep that when you register the vehicle.

Romania being part of the EU you would think it should be possible to simply import the car & register from the existing V5, but as we all know France & Germany have their own ideas about that!

Does anyone have any relevant info? I've tried Google & Wiki searches, but not found anything which seems to refer to kitcar, modified or one-off vehicles - any info much appreciated

Hi,

When I looked this info regarding making a car legal in Portugal, this is a very quick summary of what I found.

The UK homologation (or any single approval done under 2007/46EC) only produces a National Certificate.

If the car is imported to another country, the DVLA-equivalent of the destination may or may not accept that National Certificate as evidence enough that the car is road-worthy. If it does not consider it, it may just refuse granting a plate or request additional tests before approval. Depending on local law, these tests may be too hard to pass, like <77Dba noise on moving test.

I never got around to confirm for sure what was the National Certificate the DVLA produces, if the V5 is enough or an additional document would have to be requested from the DVLA office. I'm still 1 year away (at least) of completing my kit so I haven't worried much with this yet. Just enough to know that there were others that imported so I should be able too.

I would advise your customer to look for support in the likes of a dispatch office, an importing agent or a lawyers office specialized/with experience in classical and exotic car import and hire their services. It will probably save him some headaches. They will know how the wheels turn and...

Tintops have a European Certificate, granted by one of the EU countries to mass-produced parts or assembled cars, that follows a different (more strict) set of tests and is accepted without discussion by any other EU country.

For what I heard, even importing Escort MkI for classical rallying may be problematic since they were built prior to the (previous certification) legislation so they have no EU Certificate.

Hope this info helps.
HappyFather

Many thanks for the info, I now understand more about why Germany & France are able to get away with "tacking on" their own local rules when you try to register kits. In all the research I've done previously I hadn't come across, or certainly hadn't understood that the individual approval only gained you a National certificate.

Does anyone else know any more about this?