Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes: how to comply
What participants need to do to meet their obligations under the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (VETS) Order 2023.
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- Department for Transport
- Published
- 29 February 2024
- Last updated
- 9 October 2025 — See all updates
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VETS: how to comply
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VETS contact information form
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VETS low volume manufacturer derogation application form
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VETS pooling application form
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This guidance aims to help car and van manufacturers registering vehicles in Great Britain understand and meet their obligations under the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (VETS) Order 2023.
The VETS Order creates 4 trading schemes – 2 for cars and 2 for vans. One car and van scheme implements a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The other car and van scheme implements a CO2 regulation framework.
Car schemes may interact with each other, as may van schemes, but there is no interaction between car and van schemes.
Updates to this page
Published 29 February 2024
Last updated 9 October 2025
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Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes: how to comply guidance updated to reflect legislative changes from statutory instrument 2024/1130 and 2025/678 as well as revised advice on eco-innovations.
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VETS: how to comply
PDF, 646930 KB, 92101 pages
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VETS contact information form
MS Word Document, 33.3 KB
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VETS low volume manufacturer derogation application form
ODS, 12.7 KB
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VETS pooling application form
MS Word Document, 33.4 KB
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Details
This guidance aims to help car and van manufacturers registering vehicles in Great Britain understand and meet their obligations under the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (VETS) Order 2023.
The VETS Order creates 4 trading schemes – 2 for cars and 2 for vans. One car and van scheme implements a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The other car and van scheme implements a CO2 regulation framework.
Car schemes may interact with each other, as may van schemes, but there is no interaction between car and van schemes.
Updates to this page
Published 29 February 2024
Last updated 9 October 2025
href="#full-history">+ show all updates
-
Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes: how to comply guidance updated to reflect legislative changes from statutory instrument 2024/1130 and 2025/678 as well as revised advice on eco-innovations.
-
First published.
Sign up for emails or print this page
Details
This guidance aims to help car and van manufacturers registering vehicles in Great Britain understand and meet their obligations under the Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (VETS) Order 2023.
The VETS Order creates 4 trading schemes – 2 for cars and 2 for vans. One car and van scheme implements a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The other car and van scheme implements a CO2 regulation framework.
Car schemes may interact with each other, as may van schemes, but there is no interaction between car and van schemes.
Updates to this page
-
Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes: how to comply guidance updated to reflect legislative changes from statutory instrument 2024/1130 and 2025/678 as well as revised advice on eco-innovations.
-
First published.