# 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: Category B

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

RUs/IMs may use ‘B’ as a global category, encompassing carriages of passengers and goods.
Alternatively, RUs/IMs may limit the scope of the certificate to one or more of the following types:
B1when limited to carriage of passengers;
B2when limited to carriage of goods.
The category in which the holder is authorised to drive shall be indicated by filling in the appropriate box if a global category is chosen or boxes, if one or more subcategories are chosen. The boxes that are not necessary shall be made void.
Examples:
A
=
global category A. No subcategory used
A
=
Category A, subcategory 1
(authorisation to drive only shunting locomotives)
A
=
Category A, subcategories 2 and 3
(authorisation to drive work-trains and maintenance vehicles)
A
=
Category A, subcategory 5
(authorisation related to service or rolling stock not corresponding to subcategories from A1 to A4. To be specified in the box ‘notes’)
B
=
global category B, no subcategory used
B
=
Category B, subcategory 2
(authorisation to drive freight trains)
Railway Undertakings and Infrastructure Managers shall ensure that the choice of subcategory does not influence the requirements set out in Schedules 4 and 5 to the Regulations or Schedules 4 and 5 to the NI Regulations, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/36/annex/II/division/1/division/1.3/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-36/annex-II/division-1/division-1.3/division-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.