As approval authority, the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) makes a significant contribution to road safety and to reducing the environmental impact of pollutant and noise emissions by granting Type Approvals for vehicles and vehicle parts.
On the sub-pages you will find information, publications and lists of granted Type Approvals.
On the sub-page vehicle registration, you can find more about the exchange of information on granted approvals and permits (type sheets) between officially recognized monitoring organizations under § 29 StVZO (only in German), other EU type-approval authorities and KBA.
Furthermore, you can find information on the KBA’s assessment of the safety and quality management systems of companies, who are responsible for the production of driver and vehicle documents (e.g. registration certificates or driving license cards).