A VTA issued in Belarus is valid across the EAEU, including Russia

Official response of the Eurasian Economic Commission

The Department of Technical Regulation and Accreditation of the EEC reviewed Centromash's enquiry and stated in its letter No. 16-1389 of 06.06.2026:

“…a vehicle type approval issued in accordance with the Customs Union Technical Regulation ‘On safety of wheeled vehicles’ (TR CU 018/2011) has legal force throughout the territory of the Union”Letter No. 16-1389 of 06.06.2026, EEC Department of Technical Regulation and Accreditation · unofficial translation

The conclusion rests on Articles 52 and 53 of the EAEU Treaty and on the applicant's right to choose any accredited body of the Union included in the Unified Register. The letter is informational: it introduces no new rules and relies on the Treaty provisions in force

Legal basis

• EAEU Treaty, Article 52Technical regulations of the Union have direct effect in all member states
• EAEU Treaty, Article 53Products that have passed conformity assessment under a Union technical regulation circulate throughout the Union without additional requirements and without repeated assessment
• TR CU 018/2011“On safety of wheeled vehicles”, adopted by Decision of the Customs Union Commission No. 877 of 09.12.2011
• Choice of bodyThe applicant has the right to choose any accredited conformity assessment body of the Union included in the Unified Register

How to check any VTA yourself

What matters is not the country of issue but parameters anyone can verify:

• Document status
• Entry in the Register
• Validity period
• Scope of the type approval
• Match between the vehicle and the declared type and variants
• No suspension
• Status of the issuing body in the register of bodies