Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

2. General conditions

2.1. A category B driving examiner:

(a)

must have held a category B licence for at least 3 years;

(b)

must be at least 23 years old;

(c)

must have successfully completed the initial qualification provided for in point 3 of this Annex and subsequently followed the quality assurance and the periodic training arrangements as provided for in point 4 of this Annex;

(d)

must have terminated a vocational education that leads at least to a completion of level 3 as defined by Council Decision 85/368/EEC of 16 July 1985 on the comparability of vocational training qualifications between the Member States of the European Community(1);

(e)

may not be active as a commercial driving instructor in a driving school simultaneously.

2.2. A driving examiner for the other categories:

(a)

must hold a driving licence in the category concerned or possess equivalent knowledge through adequate professional qualification;

(b)

must have successfully completed the initial qualification provided for in point 3 of this Annex and subsequently followed the quality assurance and the periodic training arrangements as provided for in point 4 of this Annex;

(c)

must have been a qualified category B driving examiner for at least 3 years; this period may be waived provided that the examiner in question can provide evidence of:

• at least 5 years of driving in the category concerned, or,

• a theoretical and practical assessment of driving ability of a standard higher than that needed to obtain a driving licence thus making that requirement unnecessary,

(d)

must have completed a vocational education that leads at least to a termination of the level 3 as defined by Decision 85/368/EEC;

(e)

may not be active as a commercial driving instructor in a driving school simultaneously.

2.3. Equivalences

2.3.1. Member States may authorise an examiner to conduct driving tests for categories AM, A1, A2 and A upon passing the initial qualification prescribed in point 3 for one of these categories.

2.3.2. Member States may authorise an examiner to conduct driving tests for categories C1, C, D1 and D upon passing the initial qualification prescribed in point 3 for one of these categories.

2.3.3. Member States may authorise an examiner to conduct driving tests for categories BE, C1E, CE, D1E and DE upon passing the initial qualification prescribed in point 3 for one of these categories.

(1)

OJ L 199, 31.7.1985, p. 56.