Driving licences

P10_TA(2025)0234

Driving licences

Committee on Transport and Tourism

PE778.047

European Parliament legislative resolution of 21 October 2025 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2022/2561 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012 (08353/1/2025 – C10-0233/2025 – 2023/0053(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (08353/1/2025 – C100233/2025),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 14 June 2023,

– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0127),

– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A10-0191/2025),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the; procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.