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EC Type Approval requirements are based around the normal types of vehicles that are used on the road everyday.  They are written around standard passenger cars, normal road-going trucks and regular motorway-munching coaches.

That's exactly as it should be and is all well and good if that is what you're trying to get approved.

However, when it comes military vehicles they often have a very particular role which means a certain design and these designs often do not fit in with European rules for standard vehicles.

The Type Approval framework directive (currently 70/156 as amended but soon to be replaced by the Recast Framework Directive or RFD) does define Special Purpose Vehicle but these cover a rather limited scope.

The MOD now requires that all vehicles are "approved to all standards that they can be approved to".

This is a fine philosophy to apply but does mean that a detailed knowledge of type approval requirements is needed in order to a) make sure that requirements aren't being needlessly applied, and b) negotiate with the approval authorities where a degree of pragmatism is required.

Lundazi has that detailed knowledge of Type Approval, extensive contacts in the Type Approval world, and recent experience of applying Type Approval to military vehicles.

If you're in discussion with the MOD (or equivalents elsewhere) Lundazi can help ensure that standards are met without compromising the vehicle and with the minimum on-cost to the programme.