Division 2.2 Option involving a test

Member States' competent authorities or the entity designated by them shall organise the aforementioned theoretical and practical tests to check whether the trainee driver has the level of knowledge required in section 1 for the subjects and objectives listed there.

1. (a)

   The theoretical test shall consist of at least two parts:

   1. (i)

      questions including multiple-choice questions, questions requiring a direct answer, or a combination of both;

   2. (ii)

      case studies.

   The minimum duration of the theoretical test must be four hours.

2. (b)

   The practical test shall consist of two parts:

   1. (i)

      a driving test aimed at assessing training in rational driving based on safety regulations. The test must take place, whenever possible, on roads outside built-up areas, on fast roads and on motorways (or similar), and on all kinds of urban highways presenting the different types of difficulties that a driver is liable to encounter. It would be desirable for this test to take place in different traffic density conditions. The driving time on the road must be used optimally in order to assess the candidate in all traffic areas likely to be encountered. The minimum duration of this test must be 90 minutes;

   2. (ii)

      a practical test covering at least points 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.5.

      The minimum duration of this test must be 30 minutes.

   F1The vehicle used for the practical test must meet at least the requirements for test vehicles set out in Directive 2006/126/EC.

   The practical test may be supplemented by a third test taking place on special terrain or on a top-of-the-range simulator so as to assess training in rational driving based on safety regulations, in particular with regard to vehicle handling in different road conditions and the way they change with different atmospheric conditions and the time of day or night.

   The duration of this optional test is not fixed. Should the driver undergo such a test, its duration may be deducted from the 90 minutes of the driving test referred to under (i), but the time deducted may not exceed 30 minutes.

   For the drivers referred to in Article 5(5), the theoretical test must be limited to the subjects, referred to in section 1, which are relevant to the vehicles to which the new initial qualification applies. However, such drivers must undergo the whole practical test.