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European Certificate of Conformity
This is important information for non UK residents who wish to export Nippis to other European countries.
I spoke to Terry Barnes today about COC's and along with my own investigations have come to this conclusion:
The Nippi does not currently have a European Certificate of Conformity. what does this mean?
In general principle at least the majority of vehicles in the EU have a COC. Simply that means that at least in theory you may freely purchase a vehicle in one European country and import it into another.
See here for more about that:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterp
For vehicles without a COC, like the Nippi, it is necessary to apply in the destination country for a certificate for each vehicle imported. In order to obtain a COC the vehicle, or nippi, will be subjected to a road worthiness test (similar to a UK MOT) to insure that it complies with the country's regulations.
As yet I have no further information about individual country regulations. The best advice for now I can offer is to suggest you contact your local scooter main dealer and seek advice for your country.
According to Nippi Cars, to obtain a European Certificate of Conformity for the Nippi as a whole would cost them some £30,000. So unfortunately until that is done each non UK European owner will need to register their Nippi on an individual basis.
If you have imported a Nippi to your country, please let me/us know what you needed to do!
I spoke to Terry Barnes today about COC's and along with my own investigations have come to this conclusion:
The Nippi does not currently have a European Certificate of Conformity. what does this mean?
In general principle at least the majority of vehicles in the EU have a COC. Simply that means that at least in theory you may freely purchase a vehicle in one European country and import it into another.
See here for more about that:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterp
For vehicles without a COC, like the Nippi, it is necessary to apply in the destination country for a certificate for each vehicle imported. In order to obtain a COC the vehicle, or nippi, will be subjected to a road worthiness test (similar to a UK MOT) to insure that it complies with the country's regulations.
As yet I have no further information about individual country regulations. The best advice for now I can offer is to suggest you contact your local scooter main dealer and seek advice for your country.
According to Nippi Cars, to obtain a European Certificate of Conformity for the Nippi as a whole would cost them some £30,000. So unfortunately until that is done each non UK European owner will need to register their Nippi on an individual basis.
If you have imported a Nippi to your country, please let me/us know what you needed to do!
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