Press Release: Member States Agree on the European Driving Licence

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Series Details IP/06/381 (27.3.06)
Publication Date 27/03/2006
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The Council of Ministers on 27 March 2006 reached a political agreement on a European Commission proposal from 2003 regarding a European driving licence (COM(2003)621 – IP/03/1435). Common European rules were to facilitate the free movement of EU drivers, prevent fraud when driving licences are used as identification documents and improve road safety, particularly where motorcycles are concerned. A single model in credit card format was to replace the more than 110 different models in circulation at the time.
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European Commission: PreLex: COM(2003) 621, Proposal for a Directive ... on driving licences (Recasting), 21.10.2003 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2003&DocNum=621
European Commission: Transport: Road safety: Behaviour: Driving licence http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/topics/behaviour/driving_licence/index_en.htm
European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/143: European Driving Licence: Differences between existing and future legislation, 27.3.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/143&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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