# Commission Regulation (EU) No 36/2010 of 3 December 2009 on Community models for train driving licences, complementary certificates, certified copies of complementary certificates and application forms for train driving licences, under Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (text with EEA relevance), Division 2: ANTI-FORGERY MEASURES

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

(a)The material used for driving licences shall be made secure against forgery by using the following techniques (mandatory security features):
card bodies shall be UV dull,
a security background pattern shall be designed to be resistant to counterfeit by scanning, printing or copying, using rainbow printing with multicolour security inks and positive and negative guilloche printing; the pattern shall not be composed of the primary colours (CMYK), shall contain complex pattern designs in a minimum of two special colours and shall include micro lettering,
optical variable elements shall provide adequate protection against copying and tampering with the photograph,
in the area of the photograph the security design background and photograph shall overlap on at least the border of the photograph (weakening pattern).
(b)In addition, the material used for driving licences shall be made secure against forgery by using at least one of the following techniques (additional security features):
colour-shifting inks,
thermochromic ink,
custom holograms,
variable laser images,
tactile characters, symbols or patterns.
The techniques used should enable the ORR and the Department to check the validity of the card without any special equipment.
Non-technical measures to prevent forgeries shall be related to the monitoring of the safety management system put in place by railway undertakings and infrastructure managers in accordance with regulations 5(1)(c) and 6(1)(b) of and paragraph 2(k) of Schedule 1 to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 and regulation 4(1)(c) of and paragraph 2(k) of Schedule 1 to the Railways (Safety Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/36/annex/I/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-36/annex-I/division-2
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