Research notes on eCoC, EU 2018/858 and cross-border compliance.
For Chinese vehicle manufacturers, eCoC implementation is not a pure IT project — it is a systems engineering exercise spanning regulation, digital signing, data governance and integration. This article identifies six decisions that must be made early.
From 5 July 2026, manufacturers exporting vehicles to the EU must provide both a paper CoC and an electronic eCoC — in parallel, with neither substituting for the other. This article explains the legal basis, the consequences of non-compliance, and what your team must start today.
The Certificate of Conformity (CoC) is the gateway document for every vehicle entering the EU market. This article traces the origins of the eCoC concept, its fundamental differences from the traditional paper CoC, and how EU 2018/858 is making it mandatory.