Commission 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)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences , and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 2006/126/EC provides that all driving licences issued by Member States should be mutually recognised. The principle of mutual recognition should also apply to driving licences issued before the date of application of this principle.
(2)
The principle of mutual recognition of driving licences entails full recognition of all entitlements which have been granted to a licence holder in accordance with national provisions in force at the time.
(3)
Directive 2006/126/EC provides that the Member States should establish equivalences between the categories of driving licences issued before the implementation of that Directive and those defined in Article 4 thereof. Those equivalences should receive the agreement of the Commission in a legally binding form.
(4)
Since the adoption of Commission Decision 2014/209/EU , Germany, France, Croatia and the Netherlands have notified corrections to the tables of equivalences set out in the Annex to that Decision. The Commission has examined those corrections and can agree to them. The tables of equivalence should therefore be modified accordingly.
(5)
Decision 2014/209/EU should be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 18.
Commission Decision 2014/209/EU of 20 March 2014 on equivalences between categories of driving licences (OJ L 120, 23.4.2014, p. 1).