http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1945/bodyCommission 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)Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1945Commission 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)2020-12-09King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016D1945texttext/xmlen2016-10-14 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: 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; certain restrictions apply, as provided for in the relevant entitlement in the Annex; 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 Article 4 Decision 2014/209/EU is repealed.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