VCA eCoC submission for vehicle manufacturers

VCA’s guidance covers newly manufactured M, N and O vehicles from 29 November 2026 under the relevant GB and UKNI schemes. National small-series approvals are exempt; GB medium series and UKNI EU small series are included. Record the scheme and manufacture date for each workflow before selecting the delivery route.

Use one representative vehicle to define the work before scaling up. The data team should be able to identify the inputs, the reviewer should know which version is ready and the operator should be able to find the submission result. This checklist is a project planning aid, not a statement that your account or integration has already been accepted.

• Record the approval scheme, vehicle category and issuing entity.
• Map the available source data to the applicable UK XML profile.
• Assign the review, signing and account-administration responsibilities.
• Verify the proposed portal or API path in the appropriate environment.
• Retain the request reference, XML version and returned outcome together.

Agree who investigates a rejected file and who can authorise a corrected release. Include a missing-data example, a corrected record and a repeat-attempt scenario in the demonstration. Set a clear handover between the manufacturer’s operational team and the integration team so that an unclear response does not lead to uncontrolled resubmission.