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Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 of 4 May 2012 laying down technical requirements with regard to driving licences which include a storage medium (microchip) (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Scope

  3. Article 2.General requirements

  4. Article 3.Applicable standards

  5. Article 4.Procedure for EU type-approval

  6. Article 5.EU type-approval certificate

  7. Article 6.Single contact points

  8. Article 7.Safeguard clause

  9. Article 8.Entry into force

  10. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      General requirements for driving licences which include a microchip

      1. The general requirements for driving licences including a microchip described...

      2. the specifications for the microchip and the logical data structure...

      3. I.1 ABBREVIATIONS

      4. I.2 DATA STORED ON THE MICROCHIP

        1. I.2.1 Harmonised mandatory and optional driving licence data

        2. I.2.2 Additional data

      5. I.3 MICROCHIP

        1. I.3.1 Storage medium type

        2. I.3.2 Applications

          1. I.3.2.1 EU Driving Licence Application

          2. I.3.2.2 Other Applications

      6. I.4 LOGICAL DATA STRUCTURE OF THE EU DRIVING LICENCE APPLICATION

        1. I.4.1 Logical Data Structure

        2. I.4.2 Mandatory Data Groups

        3. I.4.3 Additional Data Groups

      7. I.5 DATA PROTECTION MECHANISMS

        1. I.5.1 Authenticity Verification

          1. I.5.1.1 Mandatory Passive Authentication

          2. I.5.1.2 Optional Active Authentication

        2. I.5.2 Access Restriction

          1. I.5.2.1 Mandatory Basic Access Protection

          2. I.5.2.2 Conditional Extended Access Control

        3. I.5.3 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for driving licences including a microchip...

      8. I.6 DATA PRESENTATION

        1. I.6.1 Formatting of data in DG 1

        2. I.6.2 Logical record format

    2. ANNEX II

    3. ANNEX III

      Procedure for EU type-approval of driving licences which include a microchip

      1. III.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

      2. III.2 SECURITY CERTIFICATE

      3. III.3 FUNCTIONAL CERTIFICATE

      4. III.4 EU TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

        1. III.4.1 Model certificate

        2. III.4.2 Numbering system

    4. ANNEX IV

      Model for the EU type-approval certificate concerning driving licences which include a microchip

      1. Name of the competent authority: …

      2. Notification concerning:

      3. approval  withdrawal of approval 

      4. of an EU Driving Licence including a microchip

      5. Approval No: …

      6. 1. Manufacturing brand or trademark: …

      7. 2. Name of model: …

      8. 3. Name of manufacturer or of its representative, where applicable: …...

      9. 4. Address of manufacturer or of its representative, where applicable: …...

      10. 5. Laboratory test reports:

      11. 6. Date of approval: …

      12. 7. Date of withdrawal of approval: …

      13. 8. Place: …

      14. 9. Date: …

      15. 10. Descriptive documents in Annex: …

      16. 11. Signature: …

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