Annex 6 DOMESTIC DRIVING PERMIT

Annex 6
DOMESTIC DRIVING PERMIT

 

(NOTE: The present Annex is applicable until 28 March 2011 at the latest (see new article 43). The new text of the Annex applicable from 29 March 2011 is reproduced following the present Annex)

 

1. The domestic driving permit shall take the form of a document.

2. The permit shall be printed in the language or languages prescribed by the authority issuing it or empowered to issue it; it shall, however, bear the title "permis de conduire" in French, with or without the same title in other languages, and the name and/or distinctive sign of the country in which the permit is issued.

3. Entries made on the permit shall either be in Latin characters or English cursive script only, or be repeated in that form.

4. The following particulars appear on the driving permit; they shall be preceded or followed by the numbers 1 to 11.

 

     1. Surname

     2. First names*1

     3. Date and place of birth*2

     4. Address*3

     5. Authority issuing the permit

     6. Date and place of issue of the permit

     7. Date of expiry of the validity of the permit*4

     8. Number of the permit

     9. Signature and/or stamp or  seal  of  the  authority  issuing  the

permit

     10. Holder's signature*5

     11. Category or categories of vehicle  and  any  sub-categories  for

which the permit is valid with indication of the date  of  issue  of  the

permit and the dates  of  expiry  of  the  validity  for  each  of  those

categories.

 

In addition, the holder's photograph shall be affixed to the driving permit. It shall be a matter for domestic legislation to determine any additional particulars to be included in the driving permit as well as the format and the material on which the driving permit is printed.

5. The categories of vehicles for which the driving permit may be valid are the following:

A. Motorcycles;

B. Motor vehicles, other than those in category A, having a permissible maximum mass not exceeding 3,500 kg and not more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat;

C. Motor vehicles, other than those in category D, whose permissible maximum mass exceeds 3,500 kg;

D. Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat;

E. Combination of vehicles of which the driving vehicle is in a category or categories for which the driver is licensed (B, and/or C and/or D), but which are not themselves in that category or those categories.

6. Domestic legislations may introduce additional categories of vehicles not belonging to the above-mentioned categories A to E, subcategories within categories and combination of categories, which shall be clearly identified in the driving permit.

 

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*1. Father's or husband's name may be inserted here.

*2. If date of birth is unknown, state approximate age on date of issue of permit. If place of birth is unknown, leave blank. Place of birth may be replaced by other particulars determined by domestic legislation.

*3. The address is optional.

*4. This is optional if the validity of the permit is unlimited.

*5. Or thumbprint.