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Commission Directive 2011/94/EU of 28 November 2011 amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences

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(1)

the title is replaced by the following:

PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN UNION MODEL DRIVING LICENCE;

(2)

in point (1), the words ‘Community model driving licence’ are replaced by the words ‘European Union model driving licence’;

(3)

in point (3), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c)

the distinguishing sign of the Member State issuing the licence, printed in negative in a blue rectangle and encircled by 12 yellow stars; the distinguishing signs shall be as follows:

B

:

Belgium

BG

:

Bulgaria

CZ

:

Czech Republic

DK

:

Denmark

D

:

Germany

EST

:

Estonia

GR

:

Greece

E

:

Spain

F

:

France

IRL

:

Ireland

I

:

Italy

CY

:

Cyprus

LV

:

Latvia

LT

:

Lithuania

L

:

Luxembourg

H

:

Hungary

M

:

Malta

NL

:

The Netherlands

A

:

Austria

PL

:

Poland

P

:

Portugal

RO

:

Romania

SLO

:

Slovenia

SK

:

Slovakia

FIN

:

Finland

S

:

Sweden

UK

:

The United Kingdom;

(4)

in point (3), concerning page 1 of the driving licence, point (e) is replaced by the following:

‘(e)

the words “European Union model” in the language(s) of the Member State issuing the licence and the words “Driving Licence” in the other languages of the European Union, printed in pink to form the background of the licence:

  • Свидетелство за управление на МПС

  • Permiso de Conducción

  • Řidičský průkaz

  • Kørekort

  • Führerschein

  • Juhiluba

  • Άδεια Οδήγησης

  • Driving Licence

  • Permis de conduire

  • Ceadúas Tiomána

  • Patente di guida

  • Vadītāja apliecība

  • Vairuotojo pažymėjimas

  • Vezetői engedély

  • Liċenzja tas-Sewqan

  • Rijbewijs

  • Prawo Jazdy

  • Carta de Condução

  • Permis de conducere

  • Vodičský preukaz

  • Vozniško dovoljenje

  • Ajokortti

  • Körkort;

(5)

in point (3), concerning page 2 of the driving licence:

  • points (a)10 and (a)11 shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘10.

    date of first issue of each category (this date must be repeated on the new licence in the event of subsequent replacement or exchange); each field of the date shall be written with two digits and in the following sequence: day.month.year (DD.MM.YY);

    11.

    date of expiry of each category; each field of the date shall be written with two digits and in the following sequence: day.month.year (DD.MM.YY);;

  • in point (a)(12), first indent, the words ‘harmonised Community codes’ are replaced by the words ‘harmonised European Union codes’;

  • in point (a)(12), code 95 is replaced by the following:

    95Driver holding CPC meeting the obligation of professional aptitude provided for by Directive 2003/59/EC until … [e.g.: 95(01.01.12)];

  • point (b) is replaced by the following:

    ‘(b)

    an explanation of the following numbered items which appear on pages 1 and 2 of the licence: 1, 2, 3, 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 5, 10, 11 and 12;

    If a Member State wishes to make the entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish or Swedish, it shall draw up a bilingual version of the licence using one of the aforementioned languages, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex;;

  • in point (c), the words ‘Community model licence’ are replaced by the words ‘European Union model driving licence’;

(6)

in point 4, the following point (c) is added:

‘(c)

Information contained in the front and reverse side of the card shall be legible with the eye, using a minimum character height of 5 points for items 9 to 12 on the reverse side.;

(7)

the Community model driving licence is replaced by the following:

EUROPEAN UNION MODEL DRIVING LICENCE

Page 1

Page 2

’;

(8)

the specimen model licence is deleted.

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