What changed between the adopted text of 28 Feb 2024 and the adopted text of 21 Oct 2025

Removed:(b) a security background pattern designed to be resistant to counterfeit by scanning, printing or copying, using rainbow printing with multicolour security inks and positive and negative guilloche printing. The pattern shall not be composed of the primary colours (CMYK), shall contain complex pattern designs in a minimum of two special colours and shall include micro lettering;

Removed:(c) optical variable elements providing adequate protection against copying and tampering of the photograph;

Removed:(d) laser engraving;

Removed:(e) in the area of the photograph the security design background and photograph shall overlap on at least its border (weakening pattern).

Removed:(4) In addition, the material used for driving licences shall be made secure against forgery by using at least three of the following techniques (additional security features):

Removed:(a) colour-shifting inks*;

Removed:(b) termochromic ink*;

Removed:(c) custom holograms*;

Removed:(d) variable laser images*;

Removed:(e) ultraviolet fluorescent ink, visible and transparent;

Removed:(f) iridescent printing;

Removed:(g) digital watermark in the background;

Removed:(h) infrared or phosphorescent pigments;

Removed:(i) tactile characters, symbols or patterns*.

Removed:(5) Member States may introduce additional security features. As a basis, the techniques indicated with an asterisk shall be preferred as they enable the law enforcement officers to check the validity of the card without any special means.

Removed:PART B: SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE MICROCHIP INTRODUCED AS PART OF THE PHYSICAL DRIVING LICENCE

Removed:(1) The microchip and the data contained in the microchip, including additional information provided for by the national laws of a Member State related to driving licences, shall comply with the provisions of Part B1.

Removed:(2) The list of applicable standards for driving licences which include a microchip is set out in Part B2.

Removed:(3) Driving licences which include a microchip shall be subject to an EU type-approval procedure in accordance with the provisions laid down in Part B3.

Removed:(4) Where all relevant provisions of the EU type-approval have been met with respect to a driving licence which includes a microchip in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3, Member States shall issue an EU type-approval certificate to the manufacturer or its representative.

Removed:(5) Where necessary, in particular to ensure that the provisions of this Part are complied with, a Member State may withdraw an EU type-approval that it has issued.

Removed:(6) EU type-approval certificates and their notification of their withdrawal shall comply with the model set out in part B4.

Removed:(7) The Commission shall be informed of all issued or withdrawn EU type-approval certificates. In case of a withdrawal a detailed reason shall be provided.

Removed:The Commission shall inform the Member States of any withdrawal of an EU-type approval.

Removed:(8) EU type-approval certificates issued by Member States shall be mutually recognised.

Removed:(9) Where a Member State ascertains that a significant number of driving licences which include a microchip are repeatedly found not to be in conformity with this part of Annex I, that Member State shall communicate this to the Commission. The relevant EU type-approval certificate number connected to those driving licences as well as a description of the non-compliance shall be indicated. The Commission shall without undue delay inform all other Member States on the facts communicated to it under this paragraph.

Removed:(10) The Member State which issued those driving licences shall investigate the problem without delay and take appropriate corrective action, including withdrawal of the EU type-approval certificate where necessary.

Removed:PART B1: General requirements for driving licences which include a microchip

Removed:The general requirements for driving licences including a microchip described in this Annex are based on international standards, in particular the ISO/IEC 18013-series standards. They cover:

Removed:(a) the specifications for the microchip and the logical data structure on the microchip;

Removed:(b) the specifications for harmonised and additional data to be stored;

Removed:(c) the specifications relating to data protection mechanisms for the digitally stored data on the microchip.

Removed:1. ABBREVIATIONS

Removed:2. DATA STORED ON THE MICROCHIP

Removed:(1) Harmonised mandatory and optional driving licence data

Removed:The microchip shall store the harmonised driving licence data specified in part D. If a Member State decides to include in the driving licence data items marked as optional in part D, those items shall be stored in the microchip.

Removed:(2) Additional data

Removed:Member States may store additional data on the microchip which their national laws related to driving licences provide for. They shall inform the Commission thereof.

Removed:3. MICROCHIP

Removed:(1) Storage medium type

Removed:The storage medium for driving licence data shall be a microchip with a contact, contactless, or combined contact and contactless (dual) interface, as specified in part B2, item 1.

Removed:(2) Applications

Removed:All data on a microchip shall be stored in electronic applications. All applications on the microchip shall be identified by a unique code called Application Identifier (AID) as specified in part B2, item 2.

Removed:(a) EU Driving Licence Application

Removed:Mandatory and optional driving licence data, as referred to in Annex I, part D, shall be stored in the dedicated EU Driving Licence application. The AID for the EU Driving Licence application shall be:

Removed:‘A0 00 00 04 56 45 44 4C 2D 30 31’,

Removed:consisting of both of the following:

Removed:- the Registered Application Identifier (RID) for the European Commission: ‘A0 00 00 04 56’;

Removed:- the Proprietary Application Identifier Extension (PIX) for the EU Driving Licence application: ‘45 44 4C 2D 30 31’ (EDL-01).

Removed:Data shall be grouped in Data Groups (DGs) as part of a Logical Data Structure (LDS).

Removed:DGs shall be stored as Elementary Files (EFs) in the EU Driving Licence application, and shall be protected in accordance with part B2, item 3.

Removed:(b) Other Applications

Removed:Other additional data shall be stored in one or more dedicated applications apart from the EU Driving Licence Application. Each such application shall be identified by a unique AID.

Removed:4. LOGICAL DATA STRUCTURE OF THE EU DRIVING LICENCE APPLICATION

Removed:(1) Logical Data Structure

Removed:Driving Licence Data shall be stored on the microchip in a Logical Data Structure (LDS) specified in part B2, item 4. This point specifies additional requirements for the mandatory and additional DGs.

Removed:Each DG shall be stored in one EF. The EFs to be used for the EU Driving Licence Application shall be identified with the Elementary File Identifiers (EFIDs) and Short EF identifiers as specified in part B2, item 5.

Removed:(2) Mandatory Data Groups

Removed:The mandatory and optional data elements shall be stored in the following DGs:

Removed:(a) DG 1: all mandatory and optional data elements as printed on the document, except face image and signature image;