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From · plenary report· 14 Oct 2025
on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences, amending Directive (EU) 2022/2561 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012
These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).
+1,334 added · −14 removed · 5 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 12 of 24: Paragraphs 629–688
Added:The Basic Access Protection mechanism (BAP) shall be applied for all data in the EU Driving Licence application. In the interest of interoperability with existing systems such as that using Machine Readable Travel Documents (eMRTD) it is mandatory to use the one-line Machine Readable Zone (MRZ), as specified in part B2, item 10.
Added:The Kdoc document key used to access the chip is generated from the one-line MRZ, which can be entered either manually or using an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) reader. The BAP 1 configuration defined for a one-line MRZ as specified in part B2, item 10 shall be applied.
Added:(b) Conditional Extended Access Control
Added:Where personal data as referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 are stored on the microchip, access to such data shall be protected with additional measures.
Added:The Extended Access Control mechanisms shall comply with the specifications of part B2, item 11.
Added:(3) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for driving licences including a microchip
Added:Member States shall establish the necessary national arrangements for Public Key management, in accordance with Annex A of ISO standard 18013_3.
Added:6. DATA PRESENTATION
Added:(1) Formatting of data in DG 1
Added:(2) Logical record format
Added:The categories regarding vehicles, restrictions or conditions shall be compiled in a data object following the structure specified in the following table:
Added:where:
Added:(a) vehicle category codes shall be presented as defined in Article 6 (such as AM, A1, A2, A, B1, B, etc.);
Added:(b) date of issue shall be presented in the format DDMMYYYY (day in two digits followed by month in two digits followed by year in four digits) for the vehicle category;
Added:(c) date of expiry shall be presented in the format DDMMYYYY (day in two digits followed by month in two digits followed by year in four digits) for the vehicle category;
Added:(d) code, sign and value refer to additional information or restrictions relating to the vehicle category or the driver.
Added:PART B2: List of applicable standards for driving licences which include a storage medium
Added:PART B3: Procedure for EU type-approval of driving licences which include a microchip
Added:1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Added:Manufacturers applying for an EU type-approval of driving licences including a microchip shall present a security certificate and a functional certificate.
Added:Any intended modification to the production process, including software, shall be subject to a prior notification to the authority which granted type-approval. The authority may require further information and tests before accepting the modification.
Added:Tests shall follow the methods laid down in item 12 of part B2.
Added:2. SECURITY CERTIFICATE
Added:For the security evaluation, driving licence microchips shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria specified in part B2, item 13.
Added:A security certificate shall only be delivered upon successful evaluation of the ability of the microchip to resist attempts to tamper with or alter data.
Added:3. FUNCTIONAL CERTIFICATE
Added:A functional evaluation of driving licences including a microchip shall be laboratory- tested in accordance with the criteria specified in part B2, item 14.
Added:Member States implementing a microchip on driving licences shall ensure that the relevant functional standards and the requirements of part B1 are complied with.
Added:A functional certificate shall be delivered to the manufacturer where all of the following conditions are met:
Added:there is a valid security certificate for the microchip;
Added:compliance with requirements of part B2 has been demonstrated;
Added:functional tests have been passed successfully.
Added:The relevant Member State authority shall be responsible for issuing the functional certificate. The functional certificate shall indicate the identity of the issuing authority, the identity of the applicant, the identification of the microchip and a detailed list of the tests and their results.
Added:4. EU TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
Added:(1) Model certificate
Added:Member States shall deliver the EU type-approval certificate upon presentation of security and functional certificates as provided in this Annex. EU type-approval certificates shall comply with the model in part B4.
Added:(2) Numbering system
Added:The EU type-approval numbering system shall consist of:
Added:(a) the letter ‘e’ followed by a distinguishing number for the Member State which has granted the EU type-approval:
Added:1 for Germany;
Added:2 for France;
Added:3 for Italy;
Added:4 for the Netherlands;
Added:5 for Sweden;
Added:6 for Belgium;
Added:7 for Hungary;
Added:8 for the Czech Republic;
Added:9 for Spain;
Added:12 for Austria;
Added:13 for Luxembourg;
Added:17 for Finland;
Added:18 for Denmark;
Added:19 for Romania;
Added:20 for Poland;
Added:21 for Portugal;
Added:23 for Greece;
Added:24 for Ireland;
Added:25 for Croatia;
Added:26 for Slovenia;
Added:27 for Slovakia;