When the European Union's system for approving passenger cars for the single market was designed, the possibility of an EU member state leaving was probably not envisaged as a likely problem.
Now that the United Kingdom has decided to leave the EU, this definitely does pose a problem.
The system of determining whether car types adhere to the EU's safety and environmental standards is based on mutual recognition.
Any EU member state's type approval authority can certify a car...
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