Vehicle Design Safety Certificate (hereinafter referred to as " the VDS Certificate") is a document attesting that a singular vehicle (SV)* conforms with the requirements of the Technical Regulations On Wheeled Vehicles Safety approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation  of September 10, 2009, No.720.

The customs declaration of SV shall be accompanied with the VDS Certificate regarding: autobuses, trucks and trailers (М2, М3, N2, N3,О categories) – from September 23, 2010; motor vehicles, automobiles and trucks up to 3.5 ton (L, М1 and N1 categories) – from July 1, 2011.

The VDS Certificate shall be made on a dedicated numbered printed form with special protection marks.

Only test laboratories accredited and authorized by GOSSTANDART of Russia shall have the right to issue VDS Certificates.

The Test Laboratory of Certification center "Respect" has been registered under the number ROSS RU.0001.21МТ77 and included into the Register of Organizations Authorized by GOSSTANDART of Russia to Carry Out Conformity Assessment of VS with Issue of the VDS Certificate.

To obtain the VDS Certificate it is necessary to perform the procedure established by the Technical Regulations, for which the Applicant shall submit to the test laboratory an application for conformity assessment of SV and provide the relevant vehicle for inspection.

The Procedure for Conformity Assessment of SV

1. Application (in form specified by the Test Laboratory of Certification center "Respect"). The Applicant shall fill in the application for VDS Certificate and attach all necessary documents.
2. Inspection Report. The test laboratory shall carry out inspection of the vehicle for its identification.
3. Decision on Application. The test laboratory shall carry out analisis of the submitted documents and agree with the Applicant on the time frames and the conditions of technical expert examination of the vehicle design and, if necessary, on testing the same.
4. Technical Expert Examination Protocol. The test laboratory shall carry out analisis of the vehicle design and technical documents for the vehicle (if necessary, carry out testing and measuring).
5. Opinion. The test laboratory shall analyse the obtained evidentiary materials, including the results of tests (measurements), and prepare well-reasoned justification based on the results of conformity assessment of SV.
6. VDS Certificate. The test laboratory shall execute the VDS Certificate, register the same in the Register of GOSSTANDART of Russia and issue to the Applicant.

The cost of works related to conformity assessment of SV (rubles)

Application in form specified by the Test Laboratory of Certification center «Respect»
The list of documents necessary to obtain the VDS Certificate

* A singular vehicle is a vehicle manufactured in the Russian Federation during batch production with changes to its design implemented prior to its introduction to use, or manufactured in the Russian Federation as an individual unit from an assembly set, or manufactured by an individual, or imported into the Russian Federation by a natural person for his/her own needs, or imported into the Russian Federation from a batch previously admitted to participate in road traffic outside the territory of the Russian Federation, or introduced into use from a batch manufactured to the government's defence order. Singular vehicles may include automobile, autobus, trolley bus, specialized passenger vehicle, special or specialized truck, trailer or semitrailer for automobiles and trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters and quadracycles, moped, motorized bicycle, mokik, motorcycle, motor scooter, tricycle, quadracycle.