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

Removed:Article 24 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1724

Removed:Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 is amended as follows:

Removed:(a) in the second column, belonging to the row ‘Moving’, the following cell is added: ‘Acquiring and renewing a driving licence’;

Removed:(b) in the third column, belonging to the row ‘Moving’, the following cell is added: ‘Issuance, exchange and replacement of EU driving licences’.

Removed:Article 25 Transposition

Removed:1. Without prejudice to paragraph 1a, Member States shall adopt and publish, by [date-of-adoption+2 years] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. [Am. 324]

Removed:Without prejudice to paragraph 1a, they shall apply those provisions as from [date-of-adoption+3 years]. [Am. 325]

Removed:When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Removed:1a. Member States shall adopt and publish, by [date-of-adoption+4 months] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 9 paragraph 2 of this Directive.

Removed:They shall apply those provisions from [date-of-adoption+4 months]. [Am. 326]

Removed:2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Removed:Article 26 Repeal

Removed:1. Directive 2006/126/EC is repealed with effect from [date-of-adoption+3 years].

Removed:References made to Directive 2006/126/EC shall be construed as references to this Directive and be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII.

Removed:2. Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 is repealed with effect from [date-of-adoption+3 years].

Removed:3. References made Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 shall be construed as references to Annex I, Part B, to this Directive, and be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VII.

Removed:Article 27 Entry into force

Removed:This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Removed:Article 28 Addressees

Removed:This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Removed:Done at …,

Removed:For the European Parliament For the Council

Removed:The President The President

Removed:Annex I

Removed:PROVISIONS CONCERNING DRIVING LICENCES ISSUED BY MEMBER STATES

Removed:PART A1: GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL DRIVING LICENCE

Removed:(1) The physical characteristics of the card of the Union model driving licence shall be in accordance with ISO 7810 and ISO 7816-1.

Removed:The card shall be made of polycarbonate.

Removed:Methods for testing the characteristics of driving licences for the purpose of confirming their compliance with the international standards shall be in accordance with ISO 10373.

Removed:(2) The licence shall have two sides and comply with the model in figure 1.

Removed:Side 1 Side 2

Removed:Figure 1: Model of the EU driving licence

Removed:(3) The licence shall contain the information specified in Part D as follows:

Removed:Side 1 shall contain:

Removed:(a) the words ‘Driving Licence’ printed in large type in the language or languages of the Member State issuing the licence;

Removed:(b) the name of the Member State issuing the licence (optional);

Removed:(c) the distinguishing sign of the Member State issuing the licence, printed in negative in a blue rectangle and encircled by 12 yellow stars, as laid down in Part D, point 1;

Removed:(d) information specific to the licence issued (fields 1 to 9), as laid down in Part D, point 3;

Removed:(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, as laid down in Part D, point 2.

Removed:Side 2 shall contain:

Removed:(f) information specific to the categories of the licence issued (fields 9 to 12), as laid down in Part D, point 4;

Removed:(g) information specific to the administration of the licence (fields 13 and 14), as laid down in of Part D, point 5;

Removed:(h) an explanation of the following numbered fields which appear on sides 1 and 2 of the licence: 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 4c, 5, 10, 11 and 12.

Removed:If a Member State wishes to make the entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, 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.

Removed:A space shall be reserved on the Union model driving licence to allow for the possible introduction of a microchip or similar computer device, or for the possible printing of a QR code.

Removed:The colour references shall be as follows:

Removed:- blue: Pantone Reflex Blue;

Removed:- yellow: Pantone Yellow.

Removed:(4) Special provisions

Removed:(a) Where the holder of a driving licence issued by a Member State in accordance with this Annex has his normal place of residence in another Member State, that Member State may enter in the licence such information as is essential for administering it, provided that it also enters this type of information in the licences which it issues and provided that there remains enough space for the purpose.

Removed:(b) Member States may add colours or markings, such as bar codes and national symbols, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex. Member States shall inform the Commission thereof.

Removed:In the context of mutual recognition of driving licences, the bar code may not contain information other than what can already be read on the driving licence or which is essential to the process of issuing the licence.

Removed:(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 fields 9 to 12 on side 2.

Removed:PART A2: ANTI FORGERY SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PHYSICAL DRIVING LICENCE

Removed:(1) The threats to the physical security of driving licences are:

Removed:(a) production of false cards: creating a new object which bears great resemblance to the document, either by making it from scratch or by copying an original document;

Removed:(b) material alteration: changing a property of an original document, for instance modifying some of the data printed on the document.

Removed:(2) The overall security shall lie in the system in its entirety, consisting of the application process, the transmission of data, the card body material, the printing technique, a minimum set of different security features and the personalisation process.

Removed:(3) The material used for driving licences shall be made secure against forgery by using the following techniques (mandatory security features):

Removed:(a) card bodies shall be UV dull;