Commission Directive 2011/94/EU of 28 November 2011 amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences

Article 1

Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC is amended as set out in the Annex.

Transposition

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2012 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply those provisions from 19 January 2013. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 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.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC is amended as follows: (1) the title is replaced by the following: ‘ PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN UNION MODEL DRIVING LICENCE ’; (2) in point (1), the words ‘Community model driving licence’ are replaced by the words ‘European Union model driving licence’; (3) in point (3), point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) the distinguishing sign of the Member State issuing the licence, printed in negative in a blue rectangle and encircled by 12 yellow stars; the distinguishing signs shall be as follows: B : Belgium BG : Bulgaria CZ : Czech Republic DK : Denmark D : Germany EST : Estonia GR : Greece E : Spain F : France IRL : Ireland I : Italy CY : Cyprus LV : Latvia LT : Lithuania L : Luxembourg H : Hungary M : Malta NL : The Netherlands A : Austria PL : Poland P : Portugal RO : Romania SLO : Slovenia SK : Slovakia FIN : Finland S : Sweden UK : The United Kingdom’; (4) in point (3), concerning page 1 of the driving licence, point (e) is replaced by the following: ‘(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:   Свидетелство за управление на МПС   Permiso de Conducción   Řidičský průkaz   Kørekort   Führerschein   Juhiluba   Άδεια Οδήγησης   Driving Licence   Permis de conduire   Ceadúas Tiomána   Patente di guida   Vadītāja apliecība   Vairuotojo pažymėjimas   Vezetői engedély   Liċenzja tas-Sewqan   Rijbewijs   Prawo Jazdy   Carta de Condução   Permis de conducere   Vodičský preukaz   Vozniško dovoljenje   Ajokortti   Körkort’; (5) in point (3), concerning page 2 of the driving licence: — points (a)10 and (a)11 shall be replaced by the following: ‘10. date of first issue of each category (this date must be repeated on the new licence in the event of subsequent replacement or exchange); each field of the date shall be written with two digits and in the following sequence: day.month.year (DD.MM.YY); 11. date of expiry of each category; each field of the date shall be written with two digits and in the following sequence: day.month.year (DD.MM.YY);’; — in point (a)(12), first indent, the words ‘harmonised Community codes’ are replaced by the words ‘harmonised European Union codes’; — in point (a)(12), code 95 is replaced by the following: ‘95 Driver holding CPC meeting the obligation of professional aptitude provided for by Directive 2003/59/EC until … [e.g.: 95(01.01.12)]’; — point (b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) an explanation of the following numbered items which appear on pages 1 and 2 of the licence: 1, 2, 3, 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 5, 10, 11 and 12; If a Member State wishes to make the entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, 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;’; — in point (c), the words ‘Community model licence’ are replaced by the words ‘European Union model driving licence’; (6) in point 4, the following point (c) is added: ‘(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 items 9 to 12 on the reverse side.’; (7) the Community model driving licence is replaced by the following: ‘ EUROPEAN UNION MODEL DRIVING LICENCE Page 1 Page 2 ’; (8) the specimen model licence is deleted.