# Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers, amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 and Council Directive 91/439/EEC and repealing Council Directive 76/914/EEC, Division 2: The card has two sides:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

side 1 contains:
(a) the heading ‘driver qualification card’ printed in large type in the official language or languages of the Member State issuing the card;
(b) the name of the Member State issuing the card (optional);
(c) the distinguishing sign of the Member State issuing the card, printed in negative in a blue rectangle and encircled by 12 yellow stars; the distinguishing signs are as follows:
B Belgium
BG Bulgaria
CZ Czech Republic
DK Denmark
D Germany
EST Estonia
GR Greece
E Spain
F France
HR Croatia
IRL Ireland
I Italy
CY Cyprus
LV Latvia
LT Lithuania
L Luxembourg
H Hungary
M Malta
NL Netherlands
A Austria
PL Poland
P Portugal
RO Romania
SLO Slovenia
SK Slovakia
FIN Finland
S Sweden
UK United Kingdom;
(d) information specific to the card, numbered as follows:
1.. surname of the holder;
2.. first name of the holder;
3.. date and place of birth of the holder;
4.. (a) date of issue;
(b) date of expiry;
(c) the name of the issuing authority (may be printed on side 2);
(d) a different number from the driving licence number for administrative purposes (optional);
5.. (a) driving licence number;
(b) serial number;
6.. photograph of the holder;
7.. signature of the holder;
8.. normal place of residence, or postal address of the holder (optional);
9.. the categories of vehicles for which the driver satisfies the initial qualification and periodic training requirements;
(e) the title ‘ European Union model ’ in the language or languages of the Member State issuing the card and the heading ‘ driver qualification card ’ in the other official languages of the Union, printed in blue so as to form the background to the card:
tarjeta de cualificación del conductor
карта за квалификация на водача
Osvědčení profesní způsobilosti řidiče
chaufføruddannelsesbevis
Fahrerqualifizierungsnachweis
juhi ametipädevuse kaart
δελτίο επιμόρφωσης οδηγού
driver qualification card
carte de qualification de conducteur
cárta cáilíochta tiomána
kvalifikacijska kartica vozača
carta di qualificazione del conducente
vadītāja kvalifikācijas apliecība
vairuotojo kvalifikacinė kortelė
gépjárművezetői képesítési igazolvány
karta ta’ kwalifikazzjoni tas-sewwieq
kwalificatiekaart bestuurder
karta kwalifikacji kierowcy
carta de qualificação do motorista
Cartela de pregătire profesională a conducătorului auto
preukaz o kvalifikácii vodiča
kartica o usposobljenosti voznika
kuljettajan ammattipätevyyskortti
yrkeskompetensbevis för förare;
(f) the reference colours:
blue: Pantone Reflex blue,
yellow: Pantone yellow;
side 2 contains:
(a) 9.. the categories of vehicles for which the driver satisfies the initial qualification and periodic training requirements;
10.. the harmonised Union code, ‘ 95 ’ , provided for in Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC;
11.. a space reserved for the possible entry by the Member State issuing the card of essential administrative details or details relating to road safety (optional). If the details relate to a heading set out in this Annex, such details must be preceded by the corresponding heading number;
(b) an explanation of the numbered entries appearing on sides 1 and 2 of the card (at least headings 1, 2, 3, 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 5(a), 5(b) and 10).
If a Member State wishes to word these entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish, it shall draw up a bilingual version of the card using one of the abovementioned languages, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/59/annex/II/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-59/annex-II/division-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

