The technical services shall have their own testing equipments and facilities to apply for accreditation. The technical services shall have one of following qualifications:
1. Domestic or foreign administrative authorities（institutions）.
2. Domestic or foreign public or private Schools of college or above
3. Domestic or foreign professional vehicle technical institution or organization.
The domestic or foreign institutions which possess the qualification above may provide the following documents toward certification institution for accreditation. Certification institution shall conduct document examination and on-site assessment.
1. Application form.
2. Established registration documents.
3. The quality manual or proving documents comply with or equivalent to ISO/IEC 17025.
4. Allocation drawings of test equipments of testing laboratory.
5. The specification list of test equipments.
6. Standard operation procedures（SOP）of testing.
7. The chief of laboratory, the chief of quality assurance, report signatories and the resume of testing personnel.
8. Other documents requested by MOTC or certification institution.
For the foreign technical services, if the same test item has been accredited by their government authority, after the approval from MOTC, the requirement specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 18 may be waived.

If the application of accreditation meet the requirements of document examination and on-site assessment, the certification institution shall report to MOTC for the accreditation of the scope of the application and MOTC shall issue accreditation certificate to the technical service.
If there is non-conformity found in the documents or on-site assessment for the application of accreditation, certification institution shall notify the technical service for correction or improvement within certain deadline. Accreditation shall not be granted if the correction or improvement within the deadline, or if there is still non-conformity.
The items of ratification of vehicle specifications in Vehicles Safety Testing Directions shall not open for technical service accreditation.

The following contents shall be recorded in the accreditation certificate:
1. Name and address of the technical service.
2. Accreditation number.
3. Accreditation date.
4. Accreditation scope, including the test items and their respective regulations and applicable scope.
5. Other appointed contents by MOTC.

If the accreditation certificate is lost, damaged or there is change of the contents in the certificate, the technical service shall fill out an application form and provide relevant documents for certification institution apply for reissue or change the certificate.
If technical service apply to move to another testing location, increase testing locations or increase testing items, the certification institution shall proceed on-site assessment. The on-site assessment may be substituted by document examination or on-site check afterwards as the certification institution considers necessary.
If there is change of the report signatories, the technical service shall report to MOTC for its reference through certification institution.

Technical service may conduct the tests and issue safety test reports according to the Vehicles Safety Testing Directions.
Technical service may assign personnel to conduct witness tests in other test laboratories for the tests specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 22.
If the technical service plan to conduct witness tests in other test laboratories, the technical service needs to provide the following documents and apply toward certification institution of the laboratories to be witnessed for the first time. Witness tests may be conducted after document examination and on-site assessment of the laboratory to be witnessed and the requirements are met and the certification shall issue the assessment report to the laboratory:
1. Application form.
2. The establishment registration documents of laboratory.
3. The allocation drawings of specification list of testing equipments of the laboratory.
4. The resume of the chief of laboratory and testing personnel.
5. Other documents requested by certification institution.
If the chief and testing personnel of the witnessed laboratory is changed, the technical service shall report to the certification for its reference. If the test equipment is changed or increased, the technical service shall provide necessary documents and apply toward to the certification institution. Witness test may only be conducted after the requirements are met. The certification may require on-site assessment if it find it necessary.

The test records, safety test report and relevant technical information shall be recorded correctly and in detail.
The above-mentioned that test record, test report and relevant technical information shall be kept for five years at least.