{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-94/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-94/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2011/94",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2011/94/EU of 28 November 2011 amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-94",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC is amended as follows:\n(1) the title is replaced by the following:\n‘ PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN UNION MODEL DRIVING LICENCE ’;\n(2) in point (1), the words ‘Community model driving licence’ are replaced by the words ‘European Union model driving licence’;\n(3) in point (3), point (c) is replaced by the following:\n(c) ‘the distinguishing sign of the Member State issuing the licence, printed in negative in a blue rectangle and encircled by 12 yellow stars; the distinguishing signs shall be as follows:\nB Belgium\nBG Bulgaria\nCZ Czech Republic\nDK Denmark\nD Germany\nEST Estonia\nGR Greece\nE Spain\nF France\nIRL Ireland\nI Italy\nCY Cyprus\nLV Latvia\nLT Lithuania\nL Luxembourg\nH Hungary\nM Malta\nNL The Netherlands\nA Austria\nPL Poland\nP Portugal\nRO Romania\nSLO Slovenia\nSK Slovakia\nFIN Finland\nS Sweden\nUK The United Kingdom’;\n(4) in point (3), concerning page 1 of the driving licence, point (e) is replaced by the following:\n(e) ‘the words “European Union model” in the language(s) of the Member State issuing the licence and the words “Driving Licence” in the other languages of the European Union, printed in pink to form the background of the licence:\nСвидетелство за управление на МПС\nPermiso de Conducción\nŘidičský průkaz\nKørekort\nFührerschein\nJuhiluba\nΆδεια Οδήγησης\nDriving Licence\nPermis de conduire\nCeadúas Tiomána\nPatente di guida\nVadītāja apliecība\nVairuotojo pažymėjimas\nVezetői engedély\nLiċenzja tas-Sewqan\nRijbewijs\nPrawo Jazdy\nCarta de Condução\nPermis de conducere\nVodičský preukaz\nVozniško dovoljenje\nAjokortti\nKörkort’;\n(5) in point (3), concerning page 2 of the driving licence:\npoints (a)10 and (a)11 shall be replaced by the following:\n10.. ‘date of first issue of each category (this date must be repeated on the new licence in the event of subsequent replacement or exchange); each field of the date shall be written with two digits and in the following sequence: day.month.year (DD.MM.YY);\n11.. date of expiry of each category; each field of the date shall be written with two digits and in the following sequence: day.month.year (DD.MM.YY);’;\nin point (a)(12), first indent, the words ‘harmonised Community codes’ are replaced by the words ‘harmonised European Union codes’;\nin point (a)(12), code 95 is replaced by the following:\n‘95\nDriver holding CPC meeting the obligation of professional aptitude provided for by Directive 2003/59/EC until … [e.g.: 95(01.01.12)]’;\npoint (b) is replaced by the following:\n(b) ‘an explanation of the following numbered items which appear on pages 1 and 2 of the licence: 1, 2, 3, 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 5, 10, 11 and 12;\nIf a Member State wishes to make the entries in a national language other than one of the following languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish or Swedish, it shall draw up a bilingual version of the licence using one of the aforementioned languages, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex;’;\nin point (c), the words ‘Community model licence’ are replaced by the words ‘European Union model driving licence’;\n(6) in point 4, the following point (c) is added:\n(c) ‘Information contained in the front and reverse side of the card shall be legible with the eye, using a minimum character height of 5 points for items 9 to 12 on the reverse side.’;\n(7) the Community model driving licence is replaced by the following:\n‘ EUROPEAN UNION MODEL DRIVING LICENCE\nPage 1\nPage 2\n’;\n(8) the specimen model licence is deleted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2011/94/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:58.495180+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}