EU eCoC Resources
Guidance on EU eCoC regulation, national access points, EUCARIS integration and implementation best practices
From ERP record to signed eCoC: connecting eCoC EU² to stage 1 and stage 2 vehicle production
Everything an eCoC requires is already sitting in your ERP and MES — the vehicle order, the VIN, type approval references, masses, dimensions, fitted options and build-stage records. The eCoC EU² software hooks straight into that stack, turning a completed build into a signed, validated Certificate of Conformity inside the national access point without anyone re-keying XML.
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eCoC across the EU: where things stand
A management briefing drawn from the EUCARIS webinar held on 19 May 2026 and the ruling of the 168th Motor Vehicles Working Group. We cover what the Member States signed up to, which rollout scenarios manufacturers now face, and what it all means for placing vehicles on the German market and the wider EU.
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eCoC EU² versus Manual eCoC Submission: The Real Time and Cost Savings of Automation
Filing eCoCs manually means wrestling with IVI XML, sorting out rejections offline, licensing a standalone e-signing tool and lifting vehicle data out of spreadsheets. We line the manual workflow up against the eCoC EU² software and put numbers on the time and cost gap.
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EU Pushes the eCoC Deadline to 29 November 2026: What Manufacturers Should Know
During the 168th Working Group Motor Vehicles meeting on 6 May 2026, EU Member States settled on a transitional arrangement that lets paper CoCs and eCoC print-outs stay in use until 29 November 2026. We break down the decision, the conditions attached to it, and what it means for manufacturers working across multiple EU Member States.
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Paper to eCoC: What a Certificate of Conformity Is and Who It Affects
A Certificate of Conformity attests that a vehicle was built in line with an approved type. From 5 July 2026, the NAP starts swapping paper CoCs for digitally signed eCoCs across all M, N and O category vehicles.
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eCoC in Practice: IVI XML, XAdES Signatures and the Routes into the NAP
The technical demands of the eCoC are precisely defined: the IVI 2.0 XML format, XAdES digital signatures, and submission through the NAP portal or API. We walk through the full technical stack and spell out what your IT team needs to know.
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Common eCoC Pitfalls: XML Validation Errors, Signature Problems and How to Steer Clear of Them
Formatting sensitivity in XML, wrong approval authority codes, failed digital signatures — we round up the eCoC submission errors that come up most often and show how to avoid rejection by national access points (NAPs).
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Hitting the eCoC Deadline: How IT Systems Make Compliance Easier
Standing up eCoC capability in-house is intricate, slow and risky. We explain how dedicated eCoC management software can automate IVI XML generation, digital signing, validation and NAP submission — so you are production-ready well before July 2026.
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