Decision 2016/1945 - Equivalences between categories of driving licences (notified under document C(2016) 6517)

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Current status

This decision has been published on November  9, 2016 and should have been implemented in national regulation on October 17, 2016 at the latest.

2.

Key information

official title

Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1945 of 14 October 2016 on equivalences between categories of driving licences (notified under document C(2016) 6517) (Text with EEA relevance )
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2016/1945
CELEX number i 32016D1945

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Key dates

Document 14-10-2016; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 09-11-2016; OJ L 302 p. 62-162
Effect 17-10-2016; Takes effect Date notif.
End of validity 31-12-9999
Notification 17-10-2016

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Legislative text

9.11.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 302/62
 

COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2016/1945

of 14 October 2016

on equivalences between categories of driving licences

(notified under document C(2016) 6517)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Directive 2006/126/EC provides that all driving licences issued by Member States should be mutually recognised. The principle of mutual recognition should also apply to driving licences issued before the date of application of this principle.
 

(2)

The principle of mutual recognition of driving licences entails full recognition of all entitlements which have been granted to a licence holder in accordance with national provisions in force at the time.
 

(3)

Directive 2006/126/EC provides that the Member States should establish equivalences between the categories of driving licences issued before the implementation of that Directive and those defined in Article 4 thereof. Those equivalences should receive the agreement of the Commission in a legally binding form.
 

(4)

Since the adoption of Commission Decision 2014/209/EU (2), Germany, France, Croatia and the Netherlands have notified corrections to the tables of equivalences set out in the Annex to that Decision. The Commission has examined those corrections and can agree to them. The tables of equivalence should therefore be modified accordingly.
 

(5)

Decision 2014/209/EU should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision shall apply to all valid driving licences issued by the Member States which are in circulation.

Article 2

The Commission agrees with the tables of equivalences between categories of driving licences, which have been issued in Member States before the implementation of Directive 2006/126/EC, and the harmonised categories of driving licences as defined in Article 4 of that Directive, as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

The Commission agrees that:

 

(a)

the categories of driving licences which have been issued before the implementation of Directive 2006/126/EC entitle the holder to drive vehicles of the corresponding categories as described in the Annex to this Decision without exchange of the driving licence;
 

(b)

certain restrictions apply, as provided for in the relevant entitlement in the Annex;
 

(c)

on exchange of a driving licence to a European Union model driving licence as described in Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC, the equivalent entitlement is granted as described in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 4

Decision 2014/209/EU is repealed.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2016.

For the Commission

Violeta BULC

Member of the Commission

 
 

ANNEX

Codes which are used in this Annex indicate the restriction of corresponding entitlements are harmonised European Union codes as specified in Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC.

MODELS ISSUED IN BELGIUM

Model Belgium 1 (B1)

Issued in Belgium from 1 January 1967 to 31 December 1988

Description: The model appears in one of the following languages: Dutch, French and German. Differences as regards colour and printing of the model exist. Pink paper model (105/222 mm) with six pages.

 

Table of equivalences

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