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NCB now accredited to act as Plant Assessment Body

After 22 years and over 110,000 Engineering Acceptance Certificates (EAC) issued, the Vehicle Acceptance Body (VAB) process ceased on 4 June 2016 and where applicable has been replaced with the Plant Assessment Bodies (PAB). Following these regulation changes NCB have been successfully accredited to act as a PAB.

Read our previous articles with the Rail Engineer below for more detail on the regulation changes or get in touch for guidance on how this may affect you.

Rail Engineer May 2016 – End of the line for VAB

Rail Engineer May 2014 – VAB RIP?

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