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Draft report (COM(2023)0127 – C90035/2023 – 2023/0053(COD)) 2023-09-26

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences, amending Directive (EU) 2022/2561 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 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

Committee on Transport and Tourism

Amendment 199

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Benoît Lutgen, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(2) The current framework, should be updated to be fit for the new era, sustainable, inclusive, smart and resilient. It should take into account the need to reduce emissions from transport, digitalisation, the demographic trends and technological developments to reinforce the competitiveness of the European Economy. It is important to simplify and digitise administrative procedures, in order to remove the remaining barriers, such as administrative burdens, to the free movement of the drivers taking up residence in a Member State other than the one issuing the licence. A harmonized Union standard driving licence framework should encompass both physical and mobile driving licences, and provide for their mutual recognition, where they were duly issued in accordance with this Directive.	(2) The current framework, should be updated to be fit for the new era, sustainable, inclusive, smart and resilient. It should take into account the need to reduce emissions from transport, also through a greater uptake of alternatively powered vehicles, digitalisation, the demographic trends and technological developments to reinforce the competitiveness of the European Economy. It is important to simplify and digitise administrative procedures, in order to remove the remaining barriers, such as administrative burdens, to the free movement of the drivers taking up residence in a Member State other than the one issuing the licence. A harmonized Union standard driving licence framework should encompass both physical and mobile driving licences, and provide for their mutual recognition, where they were duly issued in accordance with this Directive.

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Amendment 200

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(2) The current framework, should be updated to be fit for the new era, sustainable, inclusive, smart and resilient. It should take into account the need to reduce emissions from transport, digitalisation, the demographic trends and technological developments to reinforce the competitiveness of the European Economy. It is important to simplify and digitise administrative procedures, in order to remove the remaining barriers, such as administrative burdens, to the free movement of the drivers taking up residence in a Member State other than the one issuing the licence. A harmonized Union standard driving licence framework should encompass both physical and mobile driving licences, and provide for their mutual recognition, where they were duly issued in accordance with this Directive.	(2) The current framework, should be updated to be fit for the new era, sustainable, inclusive, smart and resilient. It should take into account the need to reduce emissions from transport, digitalisation, the demographic trends and technological developments to reinforce the competitiveness of the European Economy. It is important to simplify and digitise administrative procedures, in order to remove the remaining barriers, such as administrative burdens, to the free movement of the drivers taking up residence in a Member State other than the one issuing the licence. A harmonized Union standard driving licence framework should encompass both physical and mobile driving licences of all categories, and provide for their mutual recognition, where they were duly issued in accordance with this Directive.

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Amendment 201

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Markus Ferber, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Recital 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(3a) In order to further harmonise and complete the “Community model”, the mutual recognition of driving licences issued by Member States should be extended to licences of motorised, wheeled or tracked agricultural or forestry vehicles having at least two axles as referred to in Article 3, point 8 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013.

Or. en

Amendment 202

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(4) It should be ensured that personal data processing for the implementation of this Directive complies with the data protection framework of the Union, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council53.	(4) It should be ensured that personal data processing for the implementation of this Directive complies with the data protection framework of the Union, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 and Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council53 a.
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53 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).	53 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
	53a Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)

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Amendment 203

Proposal for a directive

Recital 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(4) It should be ensured that personal data processing for the implementation of this Directive complies with the data protection framework of the Union, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 .	(4) It should be ensured that personal data processing for the implementation of this Directive complies with the data protection framework of the Union, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 and the Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council53a.
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53 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).	53 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
	53a Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37-47.

Or. en

Justification

European Data Protection Supervisor Opinion 13/2023, 25 April 2023, par. 8, page 5.

Amendment 204

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(5) This Directive establishes a legal basis for the storage of an obligatory set of personal data in the physical driving licences and their microchips or QR codes and the mobile driving licences in order to guarantee a high level of road safety throughout the Union, and in compliance with Article 6(1)(e) and, where applicable, Article 9(2)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Such data should be limited to what is necessary to prove a person’s right to drive, identify this person and verify the person’s driving rights and identity. This Directive also provides for additional safeguards to ensure the protection of personal data disclosed during the verification process.	(5) This Directive establishes a legal basis for the storage of an obligatory set of personal data in the physical driving licences and their microchips or QR codes and the mobile driving licences, for the sole purpose of proving and verifying the person’s right to drive and identity, in order to guarantee a high level of road safety throughout the Union, and in compliance with Article 6(1)(e) and, where applicable, Article 9(2)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Such data should be limited to what is necessary to prove a person’s right to drive, identify this person and verify the person’s driving rights and identity. This Directive also provides for additional safeguards to ensure the protection of personal data disclosed during the verification process.

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Amendment 205

Proposal for a directive

Recital 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(5) This Directive establishes a legal basis for the storage of an obligatory set of personal data in the physical driving licences and their microchips or QR codes and the mobile driving licences in order to guarantee a high level of road safety throughout the Union, and in compliance with Article 6(1)(e) and, where applicable, Article 9(2)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Such data should be limited to what is necessary to prove a person’s right to drive, identify this person and verify the person’s driving rights and identity. This Directive also provides for additional safeguards to ensure the protection of personal data disclosed during the verification process.	(5) This Directive establishes a legal basis for the storage of an obligatory set of personal data in the physical driving licences and their microchips or QR codes and the mobile driving licences, for the purposes of proving and verifying the person’s right to drive and identification, in order to guarantee a high level of road safety throughout the Union, and in compliance with Article 6(1)(e) and, where applicable, Article 9(2)(g) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Such data should be limited to what is necessary to prove a person’s right to drive, identify this person and verify the person’s driving rights and identity. This Directive also provides for additional safeguards to ensure the protection of personal data disclosed during the verification process.

Or. en

Justification

European Data Protection Supervisor Opinion 13/2023, 25 April 2023, par. 25, page 9-10.

Amendment 206

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(6) In order to provide for legal clarity and guarantee the seamless transition between this Directive and Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences54, Member States should be able to store additional personal data on a microchip, if this is provided by national law which complies with Regulation (EU) 2016/679. This Directive does not serve, however, as a legal basis for the inclusion of such additional data.	(6) In order to provide for legal clarity and guarantee the seamless transition between this Directive and Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences54, Member States should be able to store additional personal data on a microchip, if this is provided by national law which complies with Regulation (EU) 2016/679. In any case, any data stored on such a microchip shall only be kept until the end driving licence’s validity period. This Directive does not serve, however, as a legal basis for the inclusion of such additional data.
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54 Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 18).	54 Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on driving licences (OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 18).

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Amendment 207

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(8a) The mobile driving licence should ensure the highest level of security for the personal data used for identification and authentication irrespective of whether such data is stored locally, in decentralised ledgers or on cloud-based solutions, and taking into account the different levels of risk. Using biometrics to identify and authenticate should not be a precondition for using the mobile driving licence, notwithstanding the requirement for strong user authentication. Biometric data used for the purpose to authenticate a natural person in the context of this Regulation should not be stored in the cloud without the explicit consent of the user. The use of biometric data should be limited to specific scenarios pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and requires organisational and security measures, commensurate to the risk that such processing may entail to the rights and freedoms of natural persons and in accordance with Regulation 2016/679.

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Amendment 208

Proposal for a directive

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(10) The digital transformation is one of the Union’s priorities. In the case of road transport, it will contribute to remove the remaining administrative barriers, such as the ones relating to the duration of issuing physical driving licences, to free movement of persons. Therefore, a separate Union standard should be established for the mobile driving licences issued within the Union. In order to facilitate digital transformation mobile driving licences should be issued as default from [date-of-adoption+4years], without prejudice to the applicant’s right to acquire either a physical one or both at the same time.	(10) The digital transformation is one of the Union’s priorities. In the case of road transport, it will contribute to remove the remaining administrative barriers, such as the ones relating to the duration of issuing physical driving licences, to free movement of persons. Therefore, a separate Union standard should be established for the mobile driving licences issued within the Union. In order to facilitate digital transformation mobile driving licences should be issued in addition to the physical driving licence [date-of-adoption+4years], without prejudice to the applicant’s right to resign either from a physical or a digital one. The applicant should have right to acquire the type of the driving licence, which he or she initially resigned from. Member States should make sure that the requested document is delivered without undue delay and no later than within 2 weeks from the date it was requested.

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Amendment 209

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(10) The digital transformation is one of the Union’s priorities. In the case of road transport, it will contribute to remove the remaining administrative barriers, such as the ones relating to the duration of issuing physical driving licences, to free movement of persons. Therefore, a separate Union standard should be established for the mobile driving licences issued within the Union. In order to facilitate digital transformation mobile driving licences should be issued as default from [date-of-adoption+4years], without prejudice to the applicant’s right to acquire either a physical one or both at the same time.	(10) The digital transformation is one of the Union’s priorities. In the case of road transport, it will contribute to remove the remaining administrative barriers, such as the ones relating to the duration of issuing physical driving licences, to free movement of persons. Therefore, a separate Union standard should be established for the mobile driving licences issued within the Union. In order to facilitate digital transformation mobile driving licences should be issued from [date-of-adoption+4years], without prejudice to the applicant’s right to acquire either a physical one or both at the same time, all while guaranteeing that applicants have equal access to the physical and mobile format from an economic and operational perspective. In particular, applicants who are unable or unwilling to acquire a mobile driving licence should continue to have access to a physical driving licence.

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Amendment 210

Tom Berendsen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(10) The digital transformation is one of the Union’s priorities. In the case of road transport, it will contribute to remove the remaining administrative barriers, such as the ones relating to the duration of issuing physical driving licences, to free movement of persons. Therefore, a separate Union standard should be established for the mobile driving licences issued within the Union. In order to facilitate digital transformation mobile driving licences should be issued as default from [date-of-adoption+4years], without prejudice to the applicant’s right to acquire either a physical one or both at the same time.	(10) The digital transformation is one of the Union’s priorities. In the case of road transport, it will contribute to remove the remaining administrative barriers, such as the ones relating to the duration of issuing physical driving licences, to free movement of persons. Therefore, a separate Union standard should be established for the mobile driving licences issued within the Union. In order to facilitate digital transformation, Member States may decide that mobile driving licences should be issued as default from [date-of-adoption+4years], without prejudice to the applicant’s right to acquire either a physical one or both at the same time. A discretionary approach remains the rule; opting for a physical driving licence should therefore be in no way discouraged.

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Amendment 211

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(12) The Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets out a vision for the EU to significantly improve sustainability of mobility and transport. Emissions from the road transport sector include greenhouse gases emissions, air pollutants, noise and microplastics from tyre and road wear. Driving style influences these emissions, with possible negative impacts on the environment and human health. Therefore, driving training should equip drivers to reduce their impact on emissions as well as to prepare them to drive zero-emission vehicles.	(12) The Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets out a vision for the EU to significantly improve sustainability of mobility and transport. Emissions from the road transport sector include greenhouse gases emissions, air pollutants, noise and microplastics from tyre and road wear. Greater presence of alternatively fuelled vehicles is key to green transition. Their new models of a higher weight would be available in driving licence categories B, C or D, which has to be taken into consideration by this legislation. Driving style influences these emissions, with possible negative impacts on the environment and human health. Therefore, driving training should equip drivers to reduce their impact on emissions as well as to prepare them to drive zero-emission vehicles.

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Amendment 212

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(12) The Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets out a vision for the EU to significantly improve sustainability of mobility and transport. Emissions from the road transport sector include greenhouse gases emissions, air pollutants, noise and microplastics from tyre and road wear. Driving style influences these emissions, with possible negative impacts on the environment and human health. Therefore, driving training should equip drivers to reduce their impact on emissions as well as to prepare them to drive zero-emission vehicles.	(12) The Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets out a vision for the EU to significantly improve sustainability of mobility and transport. Emissions from the road transport sector include greenhouse gases emissions, air pollutants, noise and microplastics from tyre and road wear. Driving style influences these emissions, with possible negative impacts on the environment and human health. Therefore, driving training should equip drivers to reduce their impact on emissions as well as to prepare them to drive low- or zero-emission vehicles.

Or. fr

Amendment 213

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 13 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(13a) National differences in the categorisation of ambulances and the licence categories needed to drive them could hinder the cross-border movement of these vehicles. Ambulances should therefore be included among the vehicles that can be excluded from the application of this Directive.

Or. fr

Amendment 214

Proposal for a directive

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(15a) Individual means of transport play a key role for millions of European citizens, including for people living in rural areas and among persons with reduced mobility. Therefore, Member States should consider appropriate infrastructure in urban, peri-urban and rural areas necessary to reduce road accidents and traffic congestion as well as targeted policies and support schemes for those at risk of transport poverty.

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Amendment 215

Gheorghe Falcă

Proposal for a directive

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(15a) Seen the greater increase of micro mobility vehicles, high toll of the related road accidents and poor usage of safety equipment, it is proposed to introduce a driving licence of category AM for users of e-scooters and electric bikes with the view to improve road safety;

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Amendment 216

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(15a) In view of the increasing number of micro-mobility vehicles, the high number of road accidents associated with them and the poor use of safety equipment, it is proposed to carry out a detailed analysis of the benefits that could result from the introduction of an AM licence for users of electric scooters and electric bicycles in order to improve road safety.

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Amendment 217

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Benoît Lutgen, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 15 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(15b) Active mobility, covering walking, use of bicycles, electric bikes or scooters, is becoming increasingly popular given the green transition. As their users are more frequently entering the European roads and sharing them with other individual means of transport where a driving licence is required, Member States are encouraged to introduce in their scholar systems risk awareness and traffic rules trainings, also within their lifelong training, with the view to improve road safety. Member States should be encouraged to introduce further measures for users of personal mobility vehicles with a view to decrease traffic accidents, improve road safety rules and risk awareness. Member States should equally consider possible registration of micro mobility vehicles above certain speed and power.

Or. en

Amendment 218

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.	(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies. The shortage of professional drivers faced by many Member States also provides reason to lower the minimum age requirement. The need for drivers is only compounded by the rise in the number of people living in urban areas and resulting need to provide more public transport options in these areas to address environmental problems related to air quality and traffic congestion. To tackle the shortage of drivers and attract young workers to this sector, the minimum age requirements need to be adapted to allow people to enter the profession as soon as possible after they have completed secondary education.

Or. fr

Amendment 219

Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.	(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies. The shortage of professional drivers affecting many Member States also constitutes a valid reason for lowering the minimum age requirement. The increasing urban population and the resulting need to expand public transportation services in these areas to address environmental air quality and traffic congestion issues only further amplify the demand for drivers. To address the driver shortage and attract young workers to this sector, it is essential to adjust the minimum age requirements to allow entry into the profession as soon as possible after completing secondary education.

Or. en

Amendment 220

Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Marco Campomenosi, Harald Vilimsky, Anders Vistisen, Markus Buchheit

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.	(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences are set by individual Member States. Member States are also allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States are free to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service, rescue service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.

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Justification

Linking the lowering of minimum ages to ‘exceptional circumstances’ seems excessive. Accordingly, all domestic circumstances must be regarded as exceptional circumstances. In Austria, it has been permitted to drive unaccompanied at age 17 (category B) for 25 years. This is coupled with a comprehensive training scheme. Accident numbers are low.

Amendment 221

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.	(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow for example the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.

Or. en

Amendment 222

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.	(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless, Member States should be allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowed to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service, civil-protection resources and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.

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Amendment 223

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(16a) In order to ensure widespread comprehensive knowledge of driving rules and safety measures such as seat belts and helmet use, and in particular the safe traffic participation of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and e-scooter users, including their interaction with motorised vehicles, Member States should introduce in their mandatory school curricula, for both primary and secondary education, a minimum amount of road safety education. In addition, that road safety education should include adequate information on mobility alternatives for different types of journeys and the health and environmental impacts of such choices, with particular emphasis on the benefits of active mobility.

Or. en

Amendment 224

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(16a) The assessment of a driver's fitness to drive safely should be made on the basis of precise criteria, taking into account in particular medical conditions. Decisions on the restriction or withdrawal of driving licences should be taken on an individual basis and should be based on the objective results of examinations and tests. Any form of discrimination against licensed drivers solely on the grounds of age should be unacceptable.

Or. en

Amendment 225

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Recital 16 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(16b) The right to a driving licence is a guarantee of freedom of movement and participation in economic and social life, especially in rural, less urbanised areas with a limited public transport network. Particularly for the elderly, the lonely, persons with reduced mobility or persons with disabilities, individual transport is an important element in supporting their independent and autonomous functioning. Restrictions on the right to hold a driving licence must be based on objective criteria determined on an individual basis and must not entail the risk of discrimination.

Or. en

Amendment 226

Philippe Olivier

Proposal for a directive

Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(18) On the grounds of road safety, it is necessary to lay down the minimum requirements for the issue of a driving licence. Standards for driving tests and licensing should be harmonised. To that end, the knowledge, skills and behaviour connected with driving power-driven vehicles should be specified, the driving test should be based on these concepts and the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving such vehicles should be specified.	(18) On the grounds of road safety, it is necessary to lay down the minimum requirements for the issue of a driving licence. Standards for driving tests and licensing should be harmonised. To that end, the knowledge, skills and behaviour connected with driving power-driven vehicles should be specified, the driving test should be based on these concepts and the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving such vehicles should be specified. These minimum requirements must take account of the reality and driving practices or modes in use in the Member States. Under no circumstances should they, through an excessively high level of theoretical requirements, hinder applicants’ autonomy and mobility, and thus restrict European citizens’ freedom of movement.

Or. fr

Justification

The practice of actually driving must stay at the core of driving tests, as this is in truth what determines the skills and conduct of a future driver.

Amendment 227

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(18) On the grounds of road safety, it is necessary to lay down the minimum requirements for the issue of a driving licence. Standards for driving tests and licensing should be harmonised. To that end, the knowledge, skills and behaviour connected with driving power-driven vehicles should be specified, the driving test should be based on these concepts and the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving such vehicles should be specified.	(18) On the grounds of road safety, compulsory training, regulated at national level, is required in order to obtain a driving licence. Furthermore, it is necessary to lay down the minimum requirements for the issue of a driving licence. Standards for driving tests and licensing should be harmonised. To that end, the knowledge, skills and behaviour connected with driving power-driven vehicles should be specified, the driving test should be based on these concepts and the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving such vehicles should be specified.

Or. en

Justification

A compulsory training for each new driver is necessary to create a safe road environment, especially when it comes to some parts of the road education, such as risks perception, that should be thought during an on-site training process.

Amendment 228

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 18 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(18a) Given the increasing availability and use of advanced driver-assistance systems and automated driving systems, requirements concerning such systems need to be added to driver-aptitude tests to ensure the driver is aware of the benefits, limitations and risks associated with automated systems. This must serve to ensure awareness of, in particular, the scope of use of automated driving systems, the existence of requests for action by automated driving systems and the remaining obligations incumbent on the driver when automated driving systems are on.

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Amendment 229

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 18 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(18a) It is important that candidates to hold driving licence in any category follow a compulsory theoretical and practical test with the aim of demonstrating sufficient knowledge and a qualified degree of expertise. Harmonisation among Member States of the minimum requirements for theoretical and practical training set out in Annex VIa, is needed in order to improve road safety at EU level.

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Amendment 230

Jens Gieseke, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences.	deleted

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Amendment 231

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences.	(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences. While promoting lifelong training, Member States might also consider support systems for different age groups, including feedback interventions provided by traffic psychologist, driving examiner or driving instructor, that may issue recommendations and proof of attendance to the applicant.

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Amendment 232

Marianne Vind, Christel Schaldemose

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences.	(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences. Member States should be allowed to contribute to the free movement of persons by altering certain restrictions on driving licences for people using new medical technologies, which minimizes or eliminates the risk connected to driving with their medical condition.

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Justification

Diabetes mellitus does not in itself affect the ability to drive. The potential risk to traffic originates from the medication with insulin, which can cause hypoclycaemia (low blood glucose level). However, the vast majority of people with diabetes mellitus do not take insulin or other medication inducing the risk of experiencing hypoglycaemia. In Denmark only 23 % of people with diabetes mellitus use medication that induces the risk of hypoglycaemia (this number includes minors without a driving licence).The development in knowledge of diabetes mellitus as well as the development in treatment and technology in recent years means that people with diabetes mellitus are able to handle their condition far better today than previous, when the driving licences directive was adopted. Today people with diabetes mellitus can be in precise control of their blood glucose on a continuous basis and thus they are able to demonstrate a much better prevention of experiencing hypoglycaemia. Furthermore the introduction of medical technology as ‘continuous glucose monitoring systems’ (CGM) has given people with diabetes mellitus continuous and precise knowledge of their blood glucose levels, which minimizes - or even eliminates - the risk of experiencing hypoglycaemia.

Amendment 233

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should be allowed to impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with a renewal of driving licences.	(19) Proof of compliance with minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving by drivers of vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods should be provided when the driving licence is issued and periodically thereafter. Such regular control in accordance with national rules of compliance with minimum standards would contribute to the free movement of persons, avoid distortions of competition and better take into account the specific responsibility of drivers of such vehicles. Member States should impose medical examinations as a guarantee of compliance with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving other power-driven vehicles. For reasons of transparency, such examinations should coincide with the issue or renewal of driving licences.

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Amendment 234

Marianne Vind, Christel Schaldemose

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(19a) Recent years new medical technologies have contributed to improve road safety. Technologies which minimize or eliminate the risk connected to driving with specific medical conditions have been introduced to the market and implemented among patients. Monitoring technologies, such as continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGM) for people with diabetes mellitus, allows persons to effectively and continuously controlling their medical conditions thus eliminating the risk to driving connected to their disease. Furthermore technologies like CGM systems are currently being developed and improved at a rapid pace ensuring a continuously improved control of medical conditions and thereby contributing to increase road safety.

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Justification

Amendment 235

Valter Flego

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(19a) The network for the exchange of information related to driving licences RESPER shall be used as EU road offences register, thus implying mandatory sharing of information among Member States in order to guarantee transparency and payment of fines;

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Amendment 236

Marianne Vind, Christel Schaldemose

Proposal for a directive

Recital 19 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(19b) The European Parliament by resolution 2022/2901 has called on the Commission to review the relevant occupational health and safety legal framework and the road safety legislation to avoid further discrimination of people living with diabetes.

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Justification

Amendment 237

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(20) In order to ensure uniform rights across the Union, taking into account also considerations of road safety, driving licences of categories AM, A1, A2, A, B1 and B should have an administrative validity of 15 years, while categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E shall have an administrative validity of five years. Member States should be allowed to define shorter period in exceptional cases, as defined by this Directive.	(20) In order to ensure uniform rights across the Union, taking into account also considerations of road safety, driving licences of categories AM, A1, A2, A, B1 and B should have an administrative validity of 10 years, while categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E shall have an administrative validity of five years. Member States should be allowed to define shorter periods in exceptional cases, as defined by this Directive.

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Amendment 238

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 20

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(20) In order to ensure uniform rights across the Union, taking into account also considerations of road safety, driving licences of categories AM, A1, A2, A, B1 and B should have an administrative validity of 15 years, while categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E shall have an administrative validity of five years. Member States should be allowed to define shorter period in exceptional cases, as defined by this Directive.	(20) In order to ensure uniform rights across the Union, taking into account also considerations of road safety, driving licences of categories AM, A1, A2, A, B1 and B should have an administrative validity of 10 years, while categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E shall have an administrative validity of five years. Member States should be allowed to define shorter period in exceptional cases, as defined by this Directive.

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Amendment 239

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 20 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(20a) Refresher courses for experienced drivers can improve road safety by raising awareness and requiring drivers to gain additional experience in new technological solutions such as advanced driver-assistance systems, semi-automated and automated. To this aim, the use of simulators could be key to update skills of experienced drivers. In addition, driving simulators could also recreate adverse conditions and emergency scenarios and consequently improve the driver's ability to respond and make decisions in critical situations.

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Amendment 240

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 20 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(20a) Lifelong training is key to keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date, especially in terms of ecodriving, the increase in the mass of vehicles, the constant technological advances in driver assistance systems and other automated devices, and alternative vehicle power sources. Member States shall therefore be encouraged to develop training modules for experienced drivers.

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Amendment 241

Philippe Olivier

Proposal for a directive

Recital 24

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(24) Drivers who hold a driving licence issued by the Member State where they reside following an exchange with a driving licence issued by a third country should be entitled to drive across the Union as if they had originally obtained the licence within the Union. Such an exchange could have diverse effects on road safety and the free movement of persons.	deleted

Or. fr

Justification

In the context of the strengthening of EU standards and requirements for the issue of driving licences provided for in this text, the recognition of driving licences issued by third countries constitutes a form of injustice both for European driving schools and for European applicants who, indeed, have to comply with more stringent EU rules that do not apply in third countries.

Amendment 242

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 25

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(25) The Commission should be empowered to adopt a decision identifying third countries that ensure a comparable level of road safety as the Union and providing the opportunity to holders of licences issued by these countries to exchange their driving licences on similar terms as if they were issued by a Member State. These conditions should be detailed and well-defined to all relevant driving licence categories.	(25) The Commission should be empowered to give holders of licences from third countries, which ensure a comparable level of road safety as the Union, the opportunity to exchange their driving licences on similar terms as if they were issued by a Member State. These conditions should be detailed and well-defined to all relevant driving licence categories. Further, the Commission should be allowed to assess if a third country has a professional driver training, certification rules and examination procedures, which are fully or partially comparable to the Union, in order to ultimately issue a certificate comparable to the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). This certificate is, in addition to the driving licence, the second mandatory requirement for professional drivers to be able to carry out transport operations for an EU-based transport undertaking.

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Amendment 243

Philippe Olivier

Proposal for a directive

Recital 25

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(25) The Commission should be empowered to adopt a decision identifying third countries that ensure a comparable level of road safety as the Union and providing the opportunity to holders of licences issued by these countries to exchange their driving licences on similar terms as if they were issued by a Member State. These conditions should be detailed and well-defined to all relevant driving licence categories.	(25) A ‘mirror clause’ should be introduced for third countries that ensure a comparable level of road safety as the Union and providing the opportunity to holders of licences issued by these countries to exchange their driving licences on similar terms as if they were issued by a Member State. These conditions should be detailed and well-defined to all relevant driving licence categories.

Or. fr

Justification

Reciprocity with the EU in terms of rules and levels of road safety in a given third country must remain a decisive criterion for determining whether driving licences from the said third country can be exchanged for European licences.

Amendment 244

Marco Campomenosi, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza, Massimiliano Salini, Anders Vistisen, Harald Vilimsky, Markus Buchheit, Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(25a) The Commission should be empowered to identify third countries that ensure a comparable level of training when issuing certificates similar to the European Certificate of Competence (CPC), allowing the holders of those certificates to exchange them with a European CPC, on condition that they undertake an additional competence training.

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Amendment 245

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 28

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(28) A Union-wide accompanied driving scheme should be introduced for certain driving licence categories, in order to improve road safety. The rules of such a system should provide the possibility of applicants to acquire driving licences in the relevant categories before the required minimum age limit is reached. However the use of those driving licences should be subject to being accompanied by an experienced driver. In such situations, Member States should be allowed, for reasons of road safety, to define stricter conditions and rules within their territory concerning the driving licences they have issued.	deleted

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Amendment 246

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 28

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(28) A Union-wide accompanied driving scheme should be introduced for certain driving licence categories, in order to improve road safety. The rules of such a system should provide the possibility of applicants to acquire driving licences in the relevant categories before the required minimum age limit is reached. However the use of those driving licences should be subject to being accompanied by an experienced driver. In such situations, Member States should be allowed, for reasons of road safety, to define stricter conditions and rules within their territory concerning the driving licences they have issued.	deleted

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Amendment 247

Elsi Katainen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 28

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(28) A Union-wide accompanied driving scheme should be introduced for certain driving licence categories, in order to improve road safety. The rules of such a system should provide the possibility of applicants to acquire driving licences in the relevant categories before the required minimum age limit is reached. However the use of those driving licences should be subject to being accompanied by an experienced driver. In such situations, Member States should be allowed, for reasons of road safety, to define stricter conditions and rules within their territory concerning the driving licences they have issued.	(28) A voluntary accompanied driving scheme should be introduced for certain driving licence categories, in order to improve road safety. Member States retain the choice to decide if this is applied or not. The rules of such a system should provide the possibility of applicants to acquire driving licences in the relevant categories before the required minimum age limit is reached. However, the use of those driving licences could be subject to being accompanied by an experienced driver. In such situations, Member States should be allowed, for reasons of road safety, to define stricter conditions and rules within their territory concerning the driving licences they have issued.

Or. en

Justification

The accompanied driving scheme should not be obligatory for Member States but optional. It is already in operation in some Member States but not in others. There should be flexibility in this provision to take into account different national circumstances. For example, in sparsely populated areas an obligatory accompanied driving scheme would negatively affect young peoples' mobility.

Amendment 248

Valter Flego

Proposal for a directive

Recital 28 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(28a) In order to ensure uniform rights across the Union, common rules should be applied for issuing driving licences for motorcycles with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 125 cubic centimetres; the licence category allowing the driving of these motorcycles shall be the same in all Member States;

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Amendment 249

Elsi Katainen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 29

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(29) The accompanied driving scheme should, without prejudice to its overall goal of improving road safety, make the profession of truck driver more accessible and appealing to younger generations, in order to broaden their occupational possibilities, and to help tackle the driver shortage within the Union. Therefore, it should cover category C driving licences and their prerequisite B category licences.	deleted

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Amendment 250

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 29

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(29) The accompanied driving scheme should, without prejudice to its overall goal of improving road safety, make the profession of truck driver more accessible and appealing to younger generations, in order to broaden their occupational possibilities, and to help tackle the driver shortage within the Union. Therefore, it should cover category C driving licences and their prerequisite B category licences.	(29) The accompanied driving scheme should, without prejudice to its overall goal of improving road safety, make the profession of truck driver more accessible and appealing to younger generations, in order to broaden their occupational possibilities, and to help tackle the driver shortage within the Union. Therefore, it should cover category C, C1, CE and C1E driving licences and their prerequisite B and BE category licences.

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Amendment 251

Andrey Novakov, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 29 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(29a) The partnership between vocational schools and transport and logistics companies should be incentivised, including through specific EU budget support, in order to tackle professional drivers' shortage in the EU. Such partnerships should offer to future professional drivers the opportunity to become more familiar with the benefits and the challenges of the profession, to improve their operational and organisational skills and to gain experience, while using advanced technologies and techniques. The form of support may include, among others, EU co-financing to obtain certain qualifications such as CPC (Certificate for Professional Competence) or dedicated trainings for future drivers.

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Amendment 252

Marianne Vind

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules or sanctions and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol or drugs should apply, without prejudice to the Member States’ competence to regulate drivers’ behaviour. Such stricter rules could include specific training for novice drivers in which they receive further instruction on risk awareness and could reflect on their behaviour. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory to novice drivers to improve road safety.

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Amendment 253

Bergur Løkke Rasmussen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules or sanctions and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol should apply, without prejudice to the Member States’ competence to regulate drivers’ behaviour. Such stricter rules could include specific training for novice drivers in which they receive further instruction on risk awareness and could reflect on their behaviour. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory to novice drivers to improve road safety.

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Amendment 254

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to for example the influence of alcohol or drugs, failing to use safety equipment, driving without a valid driving licence. Such stricter rules towards novice drivers might be enforced for example through national demerit points systems. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.

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Amendment 255

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of three years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. Novice drivers should not be allowed to drive the most powerful vehicles of over 200kW before acquiring the necessary skills and experience in conventional vehicles during the probationary period. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.

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Amendment 256

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who passed their driving test do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should generally be established. In case a novice driver already has a valid driving licence for another category, the probationary period shall only include what may remain of the probationary period of the existing driving licence. During this period drivers should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.

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Amendment 257

Isabel García Muñoz

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory. Member States may extend penalties to all drivers who drive with a blood alcohol level exceeding 0,0 g/mL.

Or. en

Amendment 258

Mario Furore

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non‐discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol or drugs. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non‐discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.

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Amendment 259

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 30

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non‐discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.	(30) It should be ensured that drivers who newly acquire their driving licence in a given category do not endanger road safety on account of their inexperience. For those novice drivers a probationary period of two years should be established, during which they should be subjected to stricter rules and penalties Union-wide when breaking them, due to the influence of alcohol or drugs. The penalties for such conduct should be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non‐discriminatory and their severity should to the furthest extent possible take into account the Union’s mid-term and long-term goals of halving and nearly eliminating deaths and serious injuries. As regards any other restrictions on novice drivers, Member States should be allowed to freely implement additional rules in their territory.

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Amendment 260

Philippe Olivier

Proposal for a directive

Recital 31

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(31) Minimum standards concerning access to the profession of examiner and examiner training requirements should be established in order to improve the knowledge and skills of examiners thereby ensuring a more objective evaluation of driving licence applicants and achieving greater harmonisation of driving tests. The Commission should be empowered, moreover, to adopt delegated acts to amend and adapt those minimum standards to any technical, operational or scientific developments in this field where it becomes necessary.	(31) Prior to defining minimum standards concerning access to the profession of examiner and examiner training requirements, representative professional organisations from the sector must be consulted in advance on the timetable for introducing such a system, in order to take account of the specific constraints faced by examiners and driving schools.

Or. fr

Justification

Empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts on new standards runs counter to the sovereignty of Member States. The Commission would do well to consult the professional organisations representing the sector and take account of their problems.

Amendment 261

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 31

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(31) Minimum standards concerning access to the profession of examiner and examiner training requirements should be established in order to improve the knowledge and skills of examiners thereby ensuring a more objective evaluation of driving licence applicants and achieving greater harmonisation of driving tests. The Commission should be empowered, moreover, to adopt delegated acts to amend and adapt those minimum standards to any technical, operational or scientific developments in this field where it becomes necessary.	(31) Minimum standards concerning access to the profession of examiner and examiner training requirements should be established in order to improve the knowledge and skills of examiners including hazard perception training, thereby ensuring a more objective evaluation of driving licence applicants and achieving greater harmonisation of driving tests. The Commission should be empowered, moreover, to adopt delegated acts to amend and adapt those minimum standards to any technical, operational or scientific developments in this field where it becomes necessary.

Or. en

Amendment 262

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 34

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(34) The EU driving licence network aims to guarantee the recognition of documents and acquired rights originating in Member States, combat document fraud, avoid the issuance of multiple licences and facilitate the enforcement of driving disqualifications. In particular, Member States should be given the possibility to systematically verify that the reasons, that led to any previously imposed restrictions, suspensions, withdrawals or cancellations of a driving licence or the right to drive, have disappeared. The use of RESPER for the implementation of other acts of the Union should only be permitted as long as those uses are explicitly provided for by this Directive.	(34) The EU driving licence network aims to guarantee the recognition of documents and acquired rights originating in Member States, combat document fraud, avoid the issuance of multiple licences and facilitate the enforcement of driving disqualifications. It should be equally used to exchange information from national demerit point systems on traffic offences committed by foreign drivers. In particular, Member States should be given the possibility to systematically verify that the reasons, that led to any previously imposed restrictions, suspensions, withdrawals or cancellations of a driving licence or the right to drive, have disappeared. The use of RESPER for the implementation of other acts of the Union should only be permitted as long as those uses are explicitly provided for by this Directive.

Or. en

Amendment 263

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 35

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(35) In order to enable the preparation of meaningful reports on the implementation of this Directive, the Commission should receive information on a yearly basis regarding the number of driving licences issued, renewed, replaced, withdrawn and exchanged, for each category, including data on the issuance and use of mobile driving licences.	(35) In order to enable the preparation of meaningful reports on the implementation of this Directive, the Commission should receive information on a yearly basis regarding the number of driving licences issued, renewed, replaced, withdrawn and exchanged, for each category, including data on the issuance and use of mobile driving licences. Member States should equally share data on their best practices as regards road safety measures and risk awareness trainings, especially as regards novice drivers and within the lifelong training, self-assessment on physical and mental fitness and other types of medical fitness checks per age group, use of support system per age group through feedback interventions with prove of participation and recommendations provided by a driving instructor, traffic psychologist or driving examiner as well as measures to increase road safety among vulnerable road users, including practices on micro mobility vehicles registration. The Commission might prepare recommendations with regards to micro mobility vehicles registration.

Or. en

Amendment 264

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Recital 37

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training can be key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.	(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training, including through feedback interventions with proof of participation and recommendations provided by a driving instructor, traffic psychologist or driving examiner, can be key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.

Or. en

Amendment 265

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Recital 37

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training can be key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.	(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training is key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management. Member States should incentivise, lifelong training of drivers and safe driving courses.

Or. en

Amendment 266

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 37

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training can be key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.	(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about new technologies, road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training can contribute to more inclusive mobility and can be key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.

Or. en

Amendment 267

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Recital 37

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. The promotion of lifelong training can be key in keeping experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.	(37) In a context of gradual digitalisation and automation, of ever more stringent emission reduction requirements of road transport, as well as of constant technological progress of power-driven vehicles, it is necessary to keep all drivers up to date in terms of knowledge about road safety and sustainability. Member States must endeavour to promote lifelong training to keep experienced drivers’ skills up to date in terms of road safety, new technologies, ecodriving, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces emissions, and speed management.

Or. fr

Amendment 268

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 38

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(38) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify interoperability features and security measures applicable to the QR codes introduced on physical driving licences; provisions related to interoperability, security and testing of mobile driving licences; the extension of the period of administrative validity of driving licences across the Union in case of a crisis; the content of the self-assessment on physical and mental fitness to be conducted for drivers of group 1; the conditions of the exchange of driving licences from third countries for driving licences issued by Member States without recording the fact of exchange on the driving licence; as well as interoperability between national systems connected to the EU driving licence network and the protection of personal data exchanged in that context. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council57.	(38) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify interoperability features and security measures applicable to the QR codes introduced on physical driving licences; provisions related to interoperability, security and testing of mobile driving licences; the extension of the period of administrative validity of driving licences across the Union in case of a crisis; the conditions of the exchange of driving licences from third countries for driving licences issued by Member States without recording the fact of exchange on the driving licence; as well as interoperability between national systems connected to the EU driving licence network and the protection of personal data exchanged in that context. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council57.
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57 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).	57 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

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Amendment 269

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Recital 38

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(38) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify interoperability features and security measures applicable to the QR codes introduced on physical driving licences; provisions related to interoperability, security and testing of mobile driving licences; the extension of the period of administrative validity of driving licences across the Union in case of a crisis; the content of the self-assessment on physical and mental fitness to be conducted for drivers of group 1; the conditions of the exchange of driving licences from third countries for driving licences issued by Member States without recording the fact of exchange on the driving licence; as well as interoperability between national systems connected to the EU driving licence network and the protection of personal data exchanged in that context. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 .	(38) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to specify interoperability features and security measures applicable to the QR codes introduced on physical driving licences; provisions related to interoperability, security and testing of mobile driving licences; the extension of the period of administrative validity of driving licences across the Union in case of a crisis; the conditions of the exchange of driving licences from third countries for driving licences issued by Member States without recording the fact of exchange on the driving licence; as well as interoperability between national systems connected to the EU driving licence network and the protection of personal data exchanged in that context. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 .
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57 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).	57 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

Or. en

Amendment 270

Andor Deli

Proposal for a directive

Recital 43 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(43a) Education plays a significant role in getting to know and learning the road traffic rules and culture from young ages that would contribute significantly to increased level of road safety, the role of schools and other educational institutions, therefore, should be increased and strengthened;

Or. en

Amendment 271

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 1 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. This Directive does not apply to power-driven vehicles running on wheels or tracks, having at least two axles, the principal function of which lies in their tractive power, which are specially designed to pull, push, carry or operate certain tools, machines or trailers used in connection with agricultural or forestry operations, and the use of which for carrying persons or goods by road or drawing, on the road, vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods is only a secondary function.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 272

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Pascal Arimont, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 1 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. This Directive does not apply to power-driven vehicles running on wheels or tracks, having at least two axles, the principal function of which lies in their tractive power, which are specially designed to pull, push, carry or operate certain tools, machines or trailers used in connection with agricultural or forestry operations, and the use of which for carrying persons or goods by road or drawing, on the road, vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods is only a secondary function.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 273

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(1) ‘driving licence’ means an electronic or physical document that certifies the right to drive power-driven vehicles and states the conditions under which the holder is authorised to drive;	(1) ‘driving licence’ means a document that certifies the right to drive power-driven vehicles and states the conditions under which the holder is authorised to drive. It may have a physical or digital format, or both;

Or. it

Amendment 274

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(1) 'driving licence' means an electronic or physical document that certifies the right to drive power-driven vehicles and states the conditions under which the holder is authorised to drive;	(1) 'driving licence' means an electronic or physical document that certifies the right to drive power-driven vehicles and states the conditions under which the holder is authorised to drive, including a demerit point system;

Or. en

Amendment 275

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Benoît Lutgen, Barbara Thaler, Pascal Arimont, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12d) ‘motor caravan’ means a vehicle of category M with living accommodation space which contains the following equipment as a minimum:
	(a) seats and table;
	(b) sleeping accommodation which may be converted from the seats;
	(c) cooking facilities;
	(d) storage facilities.
	This equipment shall be rigidly fixed to the living compartment. However, the table may be designed to be easily removable1a.
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	1a Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Annex I, Part A, point 5.1, page 97.

Or. en

Amendment 276

Mario Furore

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(9a) ‘motor caravan’ means a vehicle with a living area containing seating and a table, separate or folding sleeping berths, cooking facilities as well as cupboards and storage space;

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Amendment 277

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(9a) ‘e-scooter’ means a vehicle with a deck on two wheels (set one behind the other), a motor powered by an electric battery, a steering column, and a set of handlebars

Or. en

Amendment 278

Gheorghe Falcă

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12a) ‘e-scooter’ means a vehicle with a deck on two wheels (set one behind the other), a motor powered by an electric battery, a steering column, and a set of handlebars;

Or. en

Amendment 279

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(10a) ‘ambulance’ means a vehicle of category M intended for the transport of sick or injured persons and having special equipment for such purpose, as referred to in Annex I, Part A, point 5.3. to Regulation (EU) No 2018/858;

Or. fr

Amendment 280

Andreas Schieder

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	11a. ‘ambulance’ means a vehicle of category M intended for the transport of sick or injured persons and having special equipment for such purpose as referred to in point 5.3 of Part A of Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858;

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Amendment 281

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(11a) ‘ambulance’ means a vehicle of category M intended for the transport of sick or injured persons and having special equipment for such purpose, as referred to in Annex I, Part A, point 5.3. to Regulation (EU) No 2018/858;

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Amendment 282

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12c) ‘ambulance’ means a vehicle of category M intended for the transport of sick or injured persons and having special equipment for such purpose, as referred to in Annex I, Part A, point 5.3. of Regulation (EU) No 2018/8581a;
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	1a Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Annex I, Part A, point 5.3, page 97.

Or. en

Amendment 283

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(11a) ‘tractor’ means a ‘tractor’ as defined in Article 3, point 8 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013;

Or. en

Amendment 284

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12a) ‘alternatively fuelled vehicle’ shall mean a motor vehicle powered wholly or in part by an alternative fuel and which has been approved under the framework of Regulation EU 2018/858. ‘Alternative fuels’ shall mean fuels or power sources which serve, at least partly, as a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy supply to transport and which have the potential to contribute to its decarbonisation and enhance the environmental performance of the transport sector, consisting of: (a) electricity consumed in all types of electric vehicles; (b) hydrogen; (c) natural gas, including biomethane, in gaseous form (Compressed Natural Gas — CNG) and liquefied form (Liquefied Natural Gas — LNG); (d) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG); (e) mechanical energy from on-board storage/on-board sources, including waste heat;

Or. en

Justification

Need to define ‘’alternatively fuelled vehicles’’ and ‘’alternative fuels’’ in the main text of the Commission’s proposal. Include the already existing definition of ‘alternatively fuelled vehicle’ and of ‘alternative fuels’ (copy/pasted from Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC).It is proposed to include it in Article 2 (13) (new), so that the text of the proposal and the Council Directive 96/53/EC are delinked. This will add clarity to the text, and will help enforcement authorities.

Amendment 285

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12a) ‘alternatively fuelled vehicle’ means a motor vehicle powered wholly or in part by an alternative fuel and which has been approved under the framework of Directive 2007/46/EC;

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Amendment 286

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12a) ‘alternatively fuelled vehicles’1a means a motor vehicle powered wholly or in part by an alternative fuel and which has been approved under the framework of Regulation EU 2018/858;
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	1a Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic.

Or. en

Amendment 287

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12b) ‘alternative fuels’ means fuels or power sources which serve, at least partly, as a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy used for transport and which have the potential to contribute to its decarbonisation and enhance the environmental performance of the transport sector, including:
	(a) alternative fuels for zero-emission vehicles:
	– electricity,
	– hydrogen,
	(b) renewable fuels:
	– biomass fuels, including biogas, and biofuels, within the meaning of Article 2 points 27, 28 and 33, respectively, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001,
	– synthetic fuels produced from renewable energy;
	(c) non-renewable alternative fuels and transitional fossil fuels:
	– natural gas in gaseous form (compressed natural gas (CNG)) and liquefied form (liquefied natural gas (LNG)),
	– liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),
	– synthetic and paraffinic fuels produced from non-renewable energy;

Or. fr

Amendment 288

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12b) ‘alternative fuels’1a means fuels or power sources which serve, at least partly, as a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy supply to transport and which have the potential to contribute to its decarbonisation and enhance the environmental performance of the transport sector, consisting of:
	(a) electricity consumed in all types of electric vehicles;
	(b) hydrogen;
	(c) natural gas, including biomethane, in gaseous form (Compressed Natural Gas — CNG) and liquefied form (Liquefied Natural Gas — LNG);
	(d) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG);
	(e) mechanical energy from on-board storage/on-board sources, including waste heat.
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	1a ‘alternative fuels’ mean fuels or power sources which serve, at least partly, as a substitute for fossil oil sources in the energy supply to transport and which have the potential to contribute to its decarbonisation and enhance the environmental performance of the transport sector, consisting of: (a) electricity consumed in all types of electric vehicles; (b) hydrogen; (c) natural gas, including biomethane, in gaseous form (Compressed Natural Gas — CNG) and liquefied form (Liquefied Natural Gas — LNG); (d) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG); (e) mechanical energy from on-board storage/on-board sources, including waste heat.

Or. en

Amendment 289

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(11b) ‘points-based driving licence system’ means a system whereby, when a driving licence is issued, each driver is given an initial quotient of a set number of points. This score shall be reduced by offences, in an amount depending on their seriousness, or increased if no offence is committed for a certain period of time, with special conditions for inexperienced drivers, and may lead to a decision to revoke the driving licence;

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Amendment 290

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12a) ‘demerit point system’ means a comparable system that quantitatively assigns or detracts penalty points cumulatively and results in additional consequences when the level of repeat offending has resulted in a certain number of penalty points being collected or lost, with particular conditions for novice drivers, and which can lead to a driving disqualification;

Or. en

Amendment 291

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. By [date-of-adoption+4 years], Member States shall ensure that only mobile driving licences are issued by default. Until that date, Member States may decide to issue mobile driving licences.	4. By [date-of-adoption+4 years], Member States shall ensure the possibility to issue mobile driving licences.

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Amendment 292

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. By [date-of-adoption+4 years], Member States shall ensure that only mobile driving licences are issued by default. Until that date, Member States may decide to issue mobile driving licences.	4. By [date-of-adoption+4 years], Member States shall ensure that both mobile driving licence and physical driving licence are issued by default. Until that date, Member States may decide to issue mobile driving licences.

Or. en

Amendment 293

Izaskun Bilbao Barandica

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. By [date-of-adoption+4 years], Member States shall ensure that only mobile driving licences are issued by default. Until that date, Member States may decide to issue mobile driving licences.	4. By [date-of-adoption+4 years], Member States shall ensure that mobile driving licences are issued upon request of the applicant. Until that date, Member States may decide to issue mobile driving licences.

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Amendment 294

Izaskun Bilbao Barandica

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for a physical driving licence to be issued instead of, or together with, a mobile driving licence.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 295

Tom Berendsen

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for a physical driving licence to be issued instead of, or together with, a mobile driving licence.	5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for a physical driving licence to be issued instead of, or together with, a mobile driving licence. Member States shall not in any way discourage or restrict applicants as regards their choice.

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Amendment 296

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for a physical driving licence to be issued instead of, or together with, a mobile driving licence.	5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for resigning from a physical driving licence or a mobile driving licence.

Or. en

Amendment 297

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for a physical driving licence to be issued instead of, or together with, a mobile driving licence.	5. Upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide the opportunity for a physical driving licence to be issued free of charge instead of, or together with, a mobile driving licence.

Or. fr

Amendment 298

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	5a. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, upon request of the applicant, Member States shall provide for the opportunity to issue the driving licence which was initially resigned from. This physical or mobile driving licence shall be provided without due delay and not later than within 2 weeks from the date of the request made by the applicant.

Or. en

Amendment 299

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	5a. Member States shall ensure that applicants can add or change the format of the driving licence at any time, not only when at the time of acquisition or renewal.

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Amendment 300

Markus Ferber

Proposal for a directive

Article 4 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. Member States shall ensure that by 19 January 2030, all physical driving licences issued or in circulation fulfil all the requirements of this Directive.	4. Member States shall ensure that by 31 December 2033, all physical driving licences issued or in circulation fulfil all the requirements of this Directive.

Or. en

Amendment 301

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 4 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. Member States shall ensure that by 19 January 2030, all physical driving licences issued or in circulation fulfil all the requirements of this Directive.	4. Member States shall ensure that by 19 January 2033, all physical driving licences issued or in circulation fulfil all the requirements of this Directive.

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Amendment 302

Proposal for a directive

Article 4 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. Member States shall ensure that by 19 January 2030, all physical driving licences issued or in circulation fulfil all the requirements of this Directive.	4. Member States shall ensure that by 19 January 2033, all physical driving licences issued or in circulation fulfil all the requirements of this Directive.

Or. en

Amendment 303

Proposal for a directive

Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may decide to introduce a storage medium (microchip) as part of the physical driving licence. Where a Member State decides to introduce a microchip as part of their physical driving licence it may, where its national laws related to driving licences provide for it, also decide to store data additional to what is specified in Annex I, Part D, on the microchip.	Member States may decide to introduce a storage medium (microchip) as part of the physical driving licence. Where a Member State decides to introduce a microchip as part of their physical driving licence it may, where its national laws related to driving licences provide for it, also decide to store data additional to what is specified in Annex I, Part D, on the microchip. The retention period for the personal data stored in the microchip should be aligned with the validity of the driving licence.

Or. en

Amendment 304

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may decide to introduce a storage medium (microchip) as part of the physical driving licence. Where a Member State decides to introduce a microchip as part of their physical driving licence it may, where its national laws related to driving licences provide for it, also decide to store data additional to what is specified in Annex I, Part D, on the microchip.	Member States may decide to introduce a storage medium (microchip) as part of the physical driving licence. Where a Member State decides to introduce a microchip as part of their physical driving licence it may, where its national laws related to driving licences provide for it, also decide to store data additional to what is specified in Annex I, Part D, on the microchip. Any data stored on such a microchip shall only be kept until the end of the driving licence’s validity period.

Or. it

Amendment 305

Tom Berendsen

Proposal for a directive

Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
These applications shall be based on the European Digital Identity Wallets issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council62.	These applications shall be based on the European Digital Identity Wallets issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council62 and shall comply with the level of security provided by them.
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62 Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73	62 Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73

Or. nl

Amendment 306

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall ensure that the personal data necessary for the verification of the driving rights of the holder of the mobile driving licence is not retained by the verifier and that the issuing authority of the driving licence processes the information received through the notification only for the purpose of responding to the verification request.	Member States shall ensure that the personal data necessary for the verification of the driving rights of the holder of the mobile driving licence is not retained by the verifier and that the issuing authority of the driving licence processes the information received through the notification only for the purpose of responding to the verification request. Personal data shall be processed in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725 and, where applicable, Directive 2002/58/EC, implementing the principles of data minimisation, purpose limitation and data protection by design and by default, in particular with regard to technical measures.

Or. it

Amendment 307

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 5 – paragraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
7. By [date-of-adoption+18 months], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down detailed provisions concerning the interoperability, security and testing of mobile driving licences, including verification features and the interface with national systems. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2).	7. By [date-of-adoption+18 months], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down detailed provisions concerning the interoperability, security and testing of mobile driving licences, including verification and conversion features and the interface with national systems. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

Or. it

Amendment 308

Proposal for a directive

Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	7a. With a view to ensure the worldwide use and recognition of the European mobile driving licence, Member States shall work towards a corresponding amendment to the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of September 19, 1949, the International Convention on Motor Transport of April 24, 1926 and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of November 8, 1968. The Commission shall provide assistance in this regard.

Or. en

Amendment 309

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2 – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h (excluding those with a maximum design speed under or equal to 25 km/h);	– two-, three- or four-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h (excluding those with a maximum design speed under or equal to 25 km/h);

Or. sv

Amendment 310

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2 – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h (excluding those with a maximum design speed under or equal to 25 km/h);	– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h and a maximum net power (peak power) not exceeding 4 kW (excluding those with a maximum design speed under or equal to 25 km/h);

Or. it

Amendment 311

Gheorghe Falcă

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2 – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h (excluding those with a maximum design speed under or equal to 25 km/h);	– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h;

Or. en

Amendment 312

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2 – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h (excluding those with a maximum design speed under or equal to 25 km/h);	– two-wheel vehicles or three-wheel vehicles with a maximum design speed of not more than 45 km/h;

Or. en

Amendment 313

Gheorghe Falcă

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	– e-scooters;

Or. en

Justification

Road safety for all

Amendment 314

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	– e-scooters;

Or. en

Amendment 315

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motorcycles with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 125 cubic centimetres, of a power not exceeding 11 kW and with a power/weight ratio not exceeding 0,1 kW/kg;	– motorcycles with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 125 cubic centimetres, of a net power (peak power) not exceeding 11 kW and with a power/weight ratio not exceeding 0,1 kW/kg;

Or. it

Amendment 316

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– powered tricycles with a power not exceeding 15 kW;	– powered tricycles with a maximum net power (peak power) not exceeding 15 kW;

Or. it

Amendment 317

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motorcycles of a power not exceeding 35 kW and with a power/weight ratio not exceeding 0,2 kW/kg and not derived from a vehicle of more than 70 kW.	– motorcycles of a maximum net power (peak power) not exceeding 35 kW and with a power/weight ratio not exceeding 0,2 kW/kg and not derived from a vehicle of more than 70 kW.

Or. it

Amendment 318

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii – indent 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– powered tricycles with a power exceeding 15 kW;	– powered tricycles with a maximum net power (peak power) exceeding 15 kW;

Or. it

Amendment 319

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(iiia) categories AM, A1, A2, A:
	– without prejudice to the provisions of type-approval rules for the vehicles concerned, motor vehicles in category AM, A1, A2 or A may be combined with a trailer with a maximum authorised mass exceeding 750 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 320

Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i – indent 1 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Category B1 is optional; in Member States which do not introduce this category of driving licence, a driving licence for category B shall be required to drive such vehicles;	Category B1 is optional; in Member States which do not introduce this category of driving licence, a driving licence for category B shall be required and sufficient to drive such vehicles;

Or. it

Amendment 321

Kathleen Van Brempt, Vera Tax

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3 500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.	– motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 4 250 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.

Or. en

Amendment 322

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3 500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.	– motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 4 250 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.

Or. en

Amendment 323

Jens Gieseke, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3 500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.	– motor vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 4 250 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.

Or. en

Amendment 324

Valter Flego

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii – indent 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	– temporary driving licences are issued for a period of three years for novices drivers; this period will be followed by a safety program which upon completion delivers permanent driving licences;

Or. en

Amendment 325

Kateřina Konečná

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– without prejudice to the provisions of type-approval rules for the vehicles concerned, combination of vehicles consisting of a tractor vehicle in category B and a trailer or semi-trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer does not exceed 3 500 kg;	– without prejudice to the provisions of type-approval rules for the vehicles concerned, combination of vehicles consisting of a tractor vehicle in category B, including the provisions laid down in Article 9(2) point (h), and a trailer or semi-trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer does not exceed 3 500 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 326

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.	– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of more than 8 but not more than 22 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

Or. en

Amendment 327

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.	– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 22 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

Or. ro

Amendment 328

Jens Gieseke, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.	– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 22 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

Or. en

Amendment 329

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.	– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 22 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

Or. en

Justification

With the considerable evolution of both market demand and vehicle technology, manufacturers are now increasingly producing minibuses of higher seating capacity than those currently set for D1 vehicle category (currently limited to 16 + 1 seats). Vehicles with higher seating capacity are increasingly in demand, including for public transport in the countryside, to match more individualised customers’ demands. Adapting seating capacity would enable the industry to make efficiency and environmental gains by better using the permissible vehicle capacity. No specific road safety-related risks are expected to arise as other vehicle characteristics remain the same, with drivers already being familiar with them.

Amendment 330

Marco Campomenosi, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza, Massimiliano Salini, Anders Vistisen, Harald Vilimsky, Markus Buchheit, Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.	– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 22 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

Or. en

Justification

Recently, manufacturers are producing minibuses of higher seating capacity than those currently set for D1 vehicle category (currently limited to 16 + 1 seats). Such vehicles' demand is increasing, especially for public transport in the countryside. Rising the city capacity to 22 people would enable the industry to meet efficiency and environmental goals. No specific road safety-related risks are expected to come up, as the other characteristics of the vehicles remain identical. Furthermore, D1 professional drivers are undergoing the same extensive and high-quality training as D and DE drivers. In addition, the new limit would also mirror the type-approval rules which allow M2 minibuses to have “22+1” seats.

Amendment 331

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 16 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.	– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 22 seats in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

Or. fr

Amendment 332

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xia) category T:
	– all wheeled tractors; each wheeled tractor category described in point xi b (new) to xi h (new) is supplemented at the end by an ‘a’ or ‘b’ index according to its design speed:
	– ‘a’ for wheeled tractors with a maximum design speed below or equal to 40 km/h;
	– ‘b’ for wheeled tractors with a maximum design speed above 40 km/h;

Or. en

Amendment 333

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xib) category T1:
	– wheeled tractors, with the closest axle to the driver having a minimum track width of not less than 1 150 mm, with an unladen mass, in running order, of more than 600 kg, and with a ground clearance of not more than 1 000 mm;

Or. en

Amendment 334

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xic) category T2:
	– comprises wheeled tractors with a minimum track width of less than 1 150 mm, with an unladen mass, in running order, of more than 600 kg, with a ground clearance of not more than 600 mm; if the height of the centre of gravity of the tractor (measured in relation to the ground) divided by the average minimum track for each axle exceeds 0,90, the maximum design speed shall be restricted to 30 km/h;

Or. en

Amendment 335

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Gheorghe Falcă, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xid) category T3’:
	– comprises wheeled tractors with an unladen mass, in running order, of not more than 600 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 336

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi e (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xie) category T4:
	– comprises special purpose wheeled tractors;

Or. en

Amendment 337

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi f (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xif) category T4.1:
	– tractors designed for working with high-growing crops, such as vines. They feature a raised chassis or section of chassis, enabling them to advance in parallel with the crop with left and right wheels on either side of one or more rows of the crop. They are intended for carrying or operating tools which may be fitted at the front, between the axles, at the rear or on a platform. When the tractor is in working position the ground clearance perpendicular to the crop rows exceeds 1 000 mm. Where the height of the centre of gravity of the tractor, measured in relation to the ground, using the tyres normally fitted, divided by the average minimum track of all of the axles exceeds 0,90, the maximum design speed shall not exceed 30 km/h;

Or. en

Amendment 338

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi g (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xig) category T4.2:
	– tractors characterised by their large dimensions, primarily intended for working large areas of farmland;

Or. en

Amendment 339

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Markus Ferber, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point xi h (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(xih) category T4.3:
	– four- wheel drive tractors whose interchangeable equipment is intended for agricultural or forestry use and which are characterised by a supporting frame, equipped with one or more power take-offs, having a technically permissible mass no greater than 10 tonnes, for which the ratio of this mass to the maximum unladen mass in running order is less than 2,5 and having the centre of gravity, measured in relation to the ground using the tyres normally fitted, of less than 850 mm;

Or. en

Amendment 340

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ca) E-scooter:
	– A vehicle with one or more wheels equipped with a single seat and powered exclusively by electric motors that can provide the vehicle with a maximum design speed between 6 and 25 km/h. They can only be equipped with a seat or saddle if they have a self-balancing system. Vehicles without a self-balancing system and with a saddle, vehicles designed for competition, vehicles for people with reduced mobility, and vehicles with a working voltage greater than 100 VDC or 240 VAC, as well as those included within the scope of Regulation (EU) No. 168/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council, of January 15, 2013, are excluded from this definition.

Or. en

Justification

We believe it is of the utmost importance to duly regulate the e-scooters, since their misuse is creating serious risks to road-safety all around Europe.

Amendment 341

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
With the prior agreement of the Commission, which shall assess the impact of the proposed measure on road safety, Member States may exclude from the application of this Article certain specific types of power-driven vehicles, including special vehicles for persons with disabilities.	With the prior agreement of the Commission, which shall assess the impact of the proposed measure on road safety, Member States may exclude from the application of this Article certain specific types of power-driven vehicles, including special vehicles for persons with disabilities or vehicles used in construction sector often classified as non-road mobile machinery.

Or. en

Amendment 342

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces and civil defence. They shall inform the Commission thereof.	Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces, civil defence and civil protection. They shall inform the Commission thereof. Any exemption granted by a Member State must be recognised by the other Member States.

Or. fr

Amendment 343

Andreas Schieder

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces and civil defence. They shall inform the Commission thereof.	Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces and civil defence and disaster response organisations. They shall inform the Commission thereof. Exclusions shall apply to international traffic.

Or. de

Amendment 344

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces and civil defence. They shall inform the Commission thereof.	Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces, civil defence and rescue services. They shall inform the Commission thereof. Member States shall mutually recognise such an exclusion.

Or. en

Amendment 345

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces and civil defence. They shall inform the Commission thereof.	Member States may exclude from the application of this Directive types of vehicles used by, or under the control of, the armed forces and civil defence. They shall inform the Commission thereof. The exclusion shall be mutually recognised by the Member States.

Or. it

Amendment 346

Benoît Lutgen, Pascal Arimont, Magdalena Adamowicz, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Simone Schmiedtbauer, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Ferber, Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 16 years for categories AM, A1 and B1;	(a) 16 years for categories AM, A1, B1 and T;

Or. en

Amendment 347

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 16 years for categories AM, A1 and B1;	(a) 16 years for categories AM and B1;

Or. en

Amendment 348

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 16 years for categories AM, A1 and B1;	(a) 16 years for categories A1 and B1;

Or. sv

Amendment 349

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) 15 years for category AM;

Or. sv

Amendment 350

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) 18 years for categories A2, B, BE, C1 and C1E;	(b) 18 years for categories A1, A2, B, BE, C1 and C1E;

Or. en

Amendment 351

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(ii) 21 years for powered tricycles exceeding 15 kW;	(ii) 18 years for powered tricycles exceeding 15 kW;

Or. en

Amendment 352

Andor Deli

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(d) 21 years for categories C, CE, D1 and D1E;	(d) 21 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E;

Or. en

Justification

To ensure legal clarity, the minimum age provisions provided in this Directive and those in force in Directive (EU) 2022/2561 need to be aligned. The Directive (EU) 2022/2561 has set the standard minimum age for issuing a professional C and CE truck driver licence at 18 years, after the completion of full initial training. The minimum age should be clearly and unambiguously set at 18 years in both EU Directives, for both national and international traffic. Clarifying minimum ages in vigour and help young candidate drivers access the profession immediately after fishing secondary school. Similarly, the standard minimum age for issuing a D1 and D1E category driver licence (for bus and coach) should be clearly set at 18 years at EU level, after having completed the required full initial training. Setting the minimum age at 18 years after the completion of initial training would help recognise the value of professional driving training and harmonise professional D1 and D1E drivers’ age across the EU. Ultimately, this will help bridge the gap between the moment a young candidate driver completes the required training and the moment they are allowed to access the bus and coach driving profession. For all C, CE, D1 and D1E categories, available road safety statistics on professional drivers show that trained young professional drivers are as safe as any other professional drivers.

Amendment 353

Andor Deli

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Justification

Amendment 354

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C, CE, D1 and D1E, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Justification

Amendment 355

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(d) 21 years for categories C, CE, D1 and D1E;	(d) 21 years for categories C, CE, D1, D1E, D and DE;

Or. en

Amendment 356

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for licence holders who work as professional drivers both nationally and internationally and who hold a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) as referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. ro

Amendment 357

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for professional drivers using driving licence nationally and internationally, under the condition of holding a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Amendment 358

Peter Lundgren

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Justification

To ensure legal clarity, the minimum age provisions provided in this Directive and those in force in Directive (EU) 2022/2561 need to be aligned. The Directive 2022/2561 has set the standard minimum age for issuing a professional C and CE truck driver licence at 18 years, after the completion of full initial training. The minimum age should be clearly and unambiguously set at 18 years in both EU Directives, for both national and international traffic. Clarifying minimum ages in vigour and help young candidate drivers access the profession immediately after fishing secondary school.

Amendment 359

Bergur Løkke Rasmussen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Amendment 360

Henna Virkkunen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Justification

In order to ensure legal clarity, the minimum age provisions provided in this Directive and those in force in Directive (EU) 2022/2561 need to be aligned.

Amendment 361

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, D1 and D1E, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. en

Amendment 362

Clare Daly, Mick Wallace

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C and CE, for holders driving professionally both nationally and internationally, and which hold a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561

Or. en

Justification

Amendment 363

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) 18 years for categories C, CE, D1 and D1E for professional drivers holding a certificate of professional competence as defined in Article 6 (1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. fr

Amendment 364

Marco Campomenosi, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza, Massimiliano Salini, Anders Vistisen, Harald Vilimsky, Markus Buchheit, Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(e) 24 years for categories D and DE.	(e) 21 years for categories D and DE.

Or. en

Justification

Available road safety statistics on professional drivers show that trained young professional bus and coach drivers are as safe as any other professional drivers. Thus, lowering the minimum age to obtain a D and DE category would not result in a lower level of road safety, but it will help to tackle professional drivers' shortages in Europe.

Amendment 365

Andor Deli

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE drivers driving professionally both nationally and internationally, holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. en

Amendment 366

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE drivers driving professionally both nationally and internationally, holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. en

Justification

To ensure legal clarity, the minimum age provided provisions for issuing a professional in this Directive and those in force in Directive (EU) 2022/2561 need to be closely aligned. In the Directive (EU) 2022/2561 the standard minimum age for issuing a professional D and DE bus and coach driver licence has been set at 21 years, after the completion of full initial training. Therefore, the minimum age should be clearly and unambiguously set at 21 years at EU level for professional drivers with fill training driving both in national and international traffic. Available road safety statistics on professional drivers show that trained young professional bus and coach drivers are as safe as any other professional drivers. The minimum age of 24 years remains as a minimum age for bus and coach drivers without professional (CPC) training.

Amendment 367

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE, for professional drivers who work professionally both nationally and internationally, and hold a certificate of professional competence (CPC) as referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. ro

Amendment 368

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE, for professional drivers using driving licence nationally and internationally, under the condition of holding a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. en

Amendment 369

Peter Lundgren

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE drivers driving professionally both nationally and internationally, holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. en

Justification

Amendment 370

Henna Virkkunen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE drivers driving professionally both nationally and internationally, holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. en

Justification

In order to ensure legal clarity, the minimum age provisions provided in this Directive and those in force in Directive (EU) 2022/2561 need to be aligned.

Amendment 371

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ea) 21 years for categories D and DE for professional drivers holding a certificate of professional competence as defined in Article 6 (1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Or. fr

Amendment 372

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Member States may raise or lower the minimum age for issuing a driving licence:	2. Member States may raise the minimum age for issuing a driving licence:

Or. en

Amendment 373

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) for category AM down to 14 years or up to 18 years;	(a) for category AM up to 18 years;

Or. en

Amendment 374

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) for category B1 up to 18 years;	(b) for category B1 down to 15 years and up to 18 years;

Or. en

Justification

This is an essential way to preserve the mobility of young people particularly for 60.03 categories of vehicles and especially in scarcely populated countries with long distances as it is not always possible for young people to take local transport or carpool because of its unavailability. Mopeds or moped cars are also sometimes not an option due to winter conditions. The speed limitation to 45km/h ensures that road safety is kept at all times.

Amendment 375

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(d) for categories B and BE down to 17 years.	deleted

Or. it

Amendment 376

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(d) for categories B and BE down to 17 years.	(d) for categories B and BE down to 16 years.

Or. en

Amendment 377

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Member States may lower the minimum age for category C to 18 years and for category D to 21 years with regard to:	3. Member States may lower the minimum age for category C, CE to 18 years and for category D, DE to 21 years with regard to:

Or. en

Amendment 378

Marco Campomenosi, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza, Massimiliano Salini, Anders Vistisen, Harald Vilimsky, Markus Buchheit, Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Member States may lower the minimum age for category C to 18 years and for category D to 21 years with regard to:	3. Member States may lower the minimum age for category C and category D to 18 years with regard to:

Or. en

Justification

It is consistent with the previous amendment on lowering the age for category D and DE.

Amendment 379

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) vehicles used by the fire service and vehicles used for maintaining public order;	(a) vehicles used by the fire service, civil protection services and vehicles used for maintaining public order;

Or. it

Amendment 380

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Member States may mutually recognise the validity on their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under the minimum ages as set out in this paragraph.

Or. en

Amendment 381

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	3a. Member States may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE to 18 years for drivers who hold a certificate of professional competence attesting to their initial qualification as defined in Article 6 (1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.
	Driving licences issued to drivers in accordance with paragraph 3a (1) shall be mutually recognised and valid on the territory of the issuing Member State and on the territory of any other EU Member State with the same minimum age requirements.
	Member States may recognise the validity on their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under the minimum ages set out in paragraph 3a of this article.

Or. fr

Amendment 382

Peter Lundgren

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	3a. Member States may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE professional drivers to 18 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) according to the provisions of Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.
	(a) Driving licences issued to persons in accordance with paragraph 3.1 shall be mutually recognised and valid on the territory of the issuing Member State and the territory of any other EU Member States with the same minimum age requirements.
	(b) Member States may recognise the validity on their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under the minimum ages set out in paragraph 3.1 above.

Or. en

Justification

To align the provisions of the EU Driving Licence Directive and Directive (EU) 2022/2561, it is proposed to set the default minimum age of professional bus and coach drivers to 21 years, whilst fulfilling the conditions of full initial training, as provided in the provisions of Article 6.1 of Directive (EU) 2022/2561. Member States shall be allowed to lower the minimum age of bus and coach drivers without any limitations, including distance limitations, to 18 years.

Amendment 383

Henna Virkkunen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	3a. Member States may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE professional drivers to 18 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) according to the provisions of Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.
	(a) Driving licences issued to persons in accordance with paragraph 3.1 shall be mutually recognised and valid on the territory of the issuing Member State and the territory of any other EU Member States with the same minimum age requirements.
	(b) Member States may recognise the validity on their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under the minimum ages set out in paragraph 3.1 above.

Or. en

Amendment 384

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	3a. Member States may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE professional drivers to 18 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of a Certificate for Professional Competence (CPC) according to the provisions of Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.
	(a) Driving licences issued to persons in accordance with paragraph 3.1 shall be mutually recognised and valid on the territory of the issuing Member State and the territory of any other EU Member States with the same minimum age requirements.
	(b) Member States may recognise the validity on their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under the minimum ages set out in paragraph 3.1 above.

Or. en

Justification

Essential for opening the profession for young drivers taking into account the current and future driver shortage occurring in the EU. All available statistical evidence show that the bus and coach sectors are the safest modes of road transport and current data available show that where 18-year old bus and coach driving is allowed, safety performances of trained young professionals are equal to those of older drivers.

Amendment 385

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(3a) Member States may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE for professional drivers on their territory to 18 years, provided that the drivers have followed a complete cycle of training and hold a certificate of professional competence (CPC) in accordance with the provisions of Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561.

Or. ro

Amendment 386

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(3b) Driving licences issued to persons in accordance with Article 7, paragraph 3a shall be mutually recognised and valid on the territory of the issuing Member State and on the territory of any other EU Member State with the same minimum age requirements.

Or. ro

Amendment 387

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 3 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(3c) Member States may recognise the validity on their territory of driving licences issued to drivers under the minimum ages set out in paragraph 7, paragraph 3a.

Or. ro

Amendment 388

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Driving licences issued in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 shall only be valid on the territory of the issuing Member State until the licence holder has reached the minimum age limit set out in paragraph 1.	Driving licences issued in accordance with paragraph 2 shall only be valid on the territory of the issuing Member State until the licence holder has reached the minimum age limit set out in paragraph 1.

Or. fr

Amendment 389

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Driving licences issued in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 shall only be valid on the territory of the issuing Member State until the licence holder has reached the minimum age limit set out in paragraph 1.	Driving licences issued in accordance with paragraph 2 shall only be valid on the territory of the issuing Member State until the licence holder has reached the minimum age limit set out in paragraph 1.

Or. en

Amendment 390

Valter Flego

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	4a. Member States shall limit the power of motor vehicles for the category B for young and novice drivers to 75 kw for a period of three years after the driving licence was issued for the first time;

Or. en

Amendment 391

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(5) By way of derogation from paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), of this Article, where the candidate holds a certificate of professional competence referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, the minimum age for issuing a driving licence shall be as follows:	deleted
(a) for categories C and CE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(2), point (a)(i) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;
(b) for categories D1 and D1E, the minimum age provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i), second subparagraph, of that Directive;
(c) for categories D and DE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i) first subparagraph, Article 5(3) point (a)(ii) first subparagraph, and Article 5(3) point (b), of that Directive.
Where, in accordance with Article 5(3), point (a)(i), second subparagraph, or Article 5(3), point (a)(ii), second subparagraph of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, a Member State authorises driving within its territory from a lower age, the validity of the driving licence shall be limited to the territory of the issuing Member State until such time as the licence holder has reached the relevant minimum age referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and holds a certificate of professional competence.

Or. ro

Amendment 392

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), of this Article, where the candidate holds a certificate of professional competence referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, the minimum age for issuing a driving licence shall be as follows:	deleted
(a) for categories C and CE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(2), point (a)(i) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;
(b) for categories D1 and D1E, the minimum age provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i), second subparagraph, of that Directive;
(c) for categories D and DE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i) first subparagraph, Article 5(3) point (a)(ii) first subparagraph, and Article 5(3) point (b), of that Directive.
Where, in accordance with Article 5(3), point (a)(i), second subparagraph, or Article 5(3), point (a)(ii), second subparagraph of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, a Member State authorises driving within its territory from a lower age, the validity of the driving licence shall be limited to the territory of the issuing Member State until such time as the licence holder has reached the relevant minimum age referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and holds a certificate of professional competence.

Or. fr

Amendment 393

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), of this Article, where the candidate holds a certificate of professional competence referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, the minimum age for issuing a driving licence shall be as follows:	deleted
(a) for categories C and CE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(2), point (a)(i) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;
(b) for categories D1 and D1E, the minimum age provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i), second subparagraph, of that Directive;
(c) for categories D and DE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i) first subparagraph, Article 5(3) point (a)(ii) first subparagraph, and Article 5(3) point (b), of that Directive.
Where, in accordance with Article 5(3), point (a)(i), second subparagraph, or Article 5(3), point (a)(ii), second subparagraph of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, a Member State authorises driving within its territory from a lower age, the validity of the driving licence shall be limited to the territory of the issuing Member State until such time as the licence holder has reached the relevant minimum age referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and holds a certificate of professional competence.

Or. en

Amendment 394

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), of this Article, where the candidate holds a certificate of professional competence referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, the minimum age for issuing a driving licence shall be as follows:	deleted
(a) for categories C and CE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(2), point (a)(i) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;
(b) for categories D1 and D1E, the minimum age provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i), second subparagraph, of that Directive;
(c) for categories D and DE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i) first subparagraph, Article 5(3) point (a)(ii) first subparagraph, and Article 5(3) point (b), of that Directive.

Or. fr

Amendment 395

Andor Deli

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), of this Article, where the candidate holds a certificate of professional competence referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, the minimum age for issuing a driving licence shall be as follows:	deleted
(a) for categories C and CE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(2), point (a)(i) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;
(b) for categories D1 and D1E, the minimum age provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i), second subparagraph, of that Directive;
(c) for categories D and DE, the minimum ages provided for in Article 5(3) point (a)(i) first subparagraph, Article 5(3) point (a)(ii) first subparagraph, and Article 5(3) point (b), of that Directive.

Or. en

Justification

It is proposed to delete this paragraph, since its provisions have been incorporated above in amendments 2 to 5 and have, therefore, made this text redundant.

Amendment 396

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Where, in accordance with Article 5(3), point (a)(i), second subparagraph, or Article 5(3), point (a)(ii), second subparagraph of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, a Member State authorises driving within its territory from a lower age, the validity of the driving licence shall be limited to the territory of the issuing Member State until such time as the licence holder has reached the relevant minimum age referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and holds a certificate of professional competence.	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 397

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Member States may restrict drivers whose licences are marked with code 68 in Annex I from taking the wheel only if a device preventing the engine from being started as a result of the driver having a blood alcohol level of more than zero has been installed and is operational in the vehicle;

Or. it

Amendment 398

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Driving licences for categories BE, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D and DE shall be issued only to drivers already entitled to drive vehicles in category B.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 399

Andreas Schieder

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) In its regular reports to the European Parliament and the Council pursuant to Article 20, the Commission shall review the impact of technological advances regarding emergency medical equipment and/or the use of alternative fuels on the total mass of ambulances and, if necessary, update the maximum mass by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 21.

Or. de

Amendment 400

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) licences issued for categories B, BE, C, C1E, CE, D, D1E or DE shall be valid for combinations of vehicles in category T;

Or. en

Amendment 401

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) licences issued for category C shall be valid for category D1 and D as long as their holders carry out transfer trips and necessary inspection drives without passengers:

Or. en

Amendment 402

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ab) licences issued for category D1 shall be valid for category C1;

Or. en

Amendment 403

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(da) licences issued for category D shall be valid for category C1 and C;

Or. en

Amendment 404

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(e) licences issued for any category shall be valid for vehicles in category AM. However, for driving licences issued on its territory, a Member State may limit the equivalences for category AM to categories A1, A2 and A, if that Member State imposes a practical test as a condition for obtaining category AM;	(e) licences issued for any category shall be valid for vehicles in category AM conditional upon the successful completion of minimum requirements of motorcycle practical training, except for holders of A1, A2 and A licences. . However, for driving licences issued on its territory, a Member State may limit the equivalences for category AM to categories A1, A2 and A, if that Member State imposes a practical test as a condition for obtaining category AM; Member States shall adapt the motorcycle practical training for users of L1-eA and L1-eB categories of vehicles to better suit their vehicles.

Or. en

Amendment 405

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Pascal Arimont, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ga) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving ambulances as defined in Article 2 (12c) and motor caravans as defined in Article 2 (12d) of this directive that are up to 4250 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 406

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ga) The permit issued for any category will also be valid for e-scooter category permits, without the need to comply with the provisions of paragraph 1a of Article 10.

Or. en

Amendment 407

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles, as referred in Article 2 (12a) of this Directive for categories M and N established by Regulation EU 2018/858, that are intended to be used on public roads, including those designed and constructed in one or more stages with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer, and for the transport of passengers with a maximum seat capacity of 8 seats excluding the driver.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 408

Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2(13) and Article 2(13a) of this Directive, of categories M and N, that are intended to be used on public roads, including those designed and constructed in one or more courses whose maximum authorized mass is greater than 3 500 kg but not exceed 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 409

Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and for driving special purpose vehicles, provided they are motor caravans as defined in Annex I, Part A, Point 5.1. of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council, with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 410

Mario Furore

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and for driving special purpose vehicles, provided they are motor caravans as defined in Annex I, Part A, Point 5.1. of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council, with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 411

Marco Campomenosi, Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza, Massimiliano Salini, Anders Vistisen, Harald Vilimsky, Markus Buchheit

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and special purpose vehicles provided that it is a motor caravan as defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

Or. en

Justification

In the last twenty years, the average weight of a "chassis" (the basic structure upon which a motor caravan is built) has increased by 350 kg, due to the technological requirements requested by European and national laws on road safety and sustainability (e. g. Euro6 directive). Thus, slightly extending up to 4250 Kg the maximum weight of a motor caravan covered by a B license would result in facilitating the diffusion of motor caravan, which are sustainable and safe according to the available data.

Amendment 412

Markus Ferber

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and special purpose vehicles such as a motor caravan as defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

Or. en

Justification

Going back to the Grosch report from the last revision and the European Parliament's first reading position as adopted on 23.02.2005 and outlined in P&_TA(2006)0041.

Amendment 413

Ljudmila Novak

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and special purpose vehicles provided as it is motor caravan as defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 414

Maria Grapini

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving alternatively fuelled vehicles for the carriage of goods and all recreational vehicles (RV), regardless of their means of propulsion, with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer and for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 415

Nicola Danti, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Elsi Katainen, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time, it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and for driving motor caravans as defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

Or. en

Justification

The raising of the B licence ceiling to 4,250 kg, as envisaged in the Commission proposal, should be extended to all motor caravans' drivers and not only to vehicles with alternative propulsion, which are currently not in fact available for this purpose, due to technological limitations for manufacturers and cost limitations for consumers.

Amendment 416

Peter Lundgren

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving alternatively fuelled vehicles, for the transport of goods with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer and for the transport of passengers with a maximum seat capacity of 8 seats excluding the driver.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

Or. en

Justification

It should be clearly and unambiguously stipulated that the EC proposal to adjust the permitted mass of a B category driving licence of alternatively fuelled vehicles up to 4,250 kg, to compensate for their heavier weight, applies to both goods and passenger transport vehicles, thus supporting the transition towards zero-emission vehicles, to help meeting the EU Green Deal 2030 objectives.

Amendment 417

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Caroline Nagtegaal, Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 4 250 kg and motor caravans defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) No 2018/858.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 418

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 (13) and (13a) of this directive with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 419

Valter Flego

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.	(h) three years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
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63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).	63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).

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Amendment 420

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving an ambulance referred to in Article 2 (10a) with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.
	The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 21, to amend Article 9 (ha) where necessary in order to take account of the impact of technical advances and the development of alternative fuels for ambulances.

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Amendment 421

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years after a driving licence granted for category BE was issued for the first time it shall authorise driving vehicles, as referred in Article 2 (12a) of this Directive for categories M and N established by Regulation EU 2018/858, that are intended to be used on public roads, including those designed and constructed in one or more stages, with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer. These vehicles may be combined with a trailer or semi-trailer where the maximum authorised mass of the trailer or semi-trailer does not exceed 3 500 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 422

Jens Gieseke

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years after a driving licence, granted for a licence category T (for driving tractors with trailers), was issued for the first time, Member States may issue a licence in the category BE to a holder of such licence category T. Drivers qualifying for this rule do not have to take an additional theory test, but have to prove their skills and behaviour in a driving test in accordance with the examination conditions of category BE.

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Amendment 423

Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years following the initial issuance of a driving licence for category C1 shall render it valid for operating alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2(13), provided they have a maximum authorized mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Motor vehicles falling under this category may be coupled with a trailer, as long as the trailer's maximum authorized mass does not exceed 750 kg.

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Amendment 424

Kateřina Konečná

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years after a driving licence, grated for category C1, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC with a maximum authorized mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer having maximum authorized mass which does not exceed 750 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 425

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years after a driving licence, grated for category C1, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 (13) with a maximum authorized mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer having maximum authorized mass which does not exceed 750 kg.

Or. en

Justification

By adding this new paragraph, which refers to category C1, the possibility of using the C1 licence for alternatively fuelled vehicles with an additional vehicle authorized mass of 750 Kg and further additional 750 kg for authorized mass of combination is clarified. This flexibility allows safeguarding the increase of maximum authorised mass/reasonable payload and helps addressing the driver’s shortage issue.

Amendment 426

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving an ambulance referred to in Article 2(11)(a) with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.

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Amendment 427

Andreas Schieder

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ha) a driving licence, granted for category B, shall be valid for driving ambulances as referred to in Article 2(11a) with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer.

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Amendment 428

Ondřej Kovařík

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hb) two years following the initial issuance of a driving licence for category C1E, it shall be considered valid for operating alternatively fuelled vehicles as described in Article 2(13). These vehicles should have a maximum authorized mass exceeding 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg when not towing a trailer. Vehicles in this category are permitted to be coupled with a trailer or semi-trailer with a maximum authorized mass exceeding 750 kg, provided that the combined authorized mass of the vehicle and the trailer does not exceed 12 750 kg.

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Amendment 429

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hb) three years after a driving licence, granted for category C1, was issued for the first time, it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 (12a) with a maximum authorised mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer and which are designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than eight passengers in addition to the driver. These vehicles may be combined with a trailer having maximum authorized mass which does not exceed 750 kg;

Or. en

Amendment 430

Kateřina Konečná

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hb) two years after a driving licence, grated for category C1E, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC with a maximum authorized mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer or semi-trailer of maximum authorised mass of over 750 kg provided that the authorized mass of the combination does not exceed 12 750 kg.

Or. en

Amendment 431

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hb) two years after a driving licence, grated for category C1E, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 (13) with a maximum authorised mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Motor vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer or semi-trailer of maximum authorized mass of over 750 kg provided that the authorized mass of the combination does not exceed 12 750 kg.

Or. en

Justification

By adding this new paragraph, which refers to category C1E, the possibility of using the C1E licence for alternatively fuelled vehicles with an additional vehicle authorized mass of 750 kg and further additional 750 kg for authorized mass of combination is clarified. This flexibility allows safeguarding the increase of maximum authorised mass/reasonable payload and helps addressing the driver’s shortage issue.

Amendment 432

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hb) two years after a driving licence, granted for category C1, was issued it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 (13) and (14) of this directive with a maximum authorised mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kg.

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Amendment 433

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hc) two years after a driving licence, granted for category C1E, was issued it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 (13) and (14) of this directive with a maximum authorised mass above 7 500 kg but not exceeding 8 250 kg without a trailer. Vehicles in this category may be combined with a trailer or semi-trailer having a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 750 kg, provided that the maximum combined authorised mass does not exceed 12 750 kg.

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Amendment 434

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hc) three years after a driving licence, granted for category C1E, was issued for the first time, it shall be valid for the vehicles referred to in Article 9(2), point (hb) and its trailer or semi-trailer having a maximum authorised mass of over 750 kg provided that the authorised mass of the combination does not exceed 12 750 kg;

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Amendment 435

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(hd) four years after a driving licence, granted for category D1, was issued for the first time, it shall be valid for vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 22 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.

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Amendment 436

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Barbara Thaler, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Jens Gieseke, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	In its second implementation report to the European Parliament and the Council referred to in Article 20 of this directive, the Commission shall assess the impact of development and deployment of alternatively fuelled vehicles and/or the use of Article 9 (2) point (h) till point (hd) on road safety, and where necessary, update the mass thresholds by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 21.

Or. en

Amendment 437

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) category A1 motorcycles under a licence for category B.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 438

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category B1.	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 439

Jörgen Warborn, Tomas Tobé

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category B1.	(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category AM.

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Amendment 440

Elsi Katainen

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category B1.	(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed technically limited to 45 km/h by drivers holding a driving licence granted for category B1.

Or. en

Justification

The speed should be technically limited rather than physically. Furthermore, even though these vehicles are usually driven by younger people there should be no upper age limit on who can drive such a vehicle.

Amendment 441

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category B1.	(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers holding a driving licence granted for category B1.

Or. en

Amendment 442

Henna Virkkunen

Proposal for a directive

Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed physically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category B1.	(c) vehicles of category B with a maximum authorised mass of 2 500 kg and a maximum speed technically limited to 45 km/h by drivers below 21 years old holding a driving licence granted for category B1.

Or. en

Justification

Member States should be able to allow driving of a speed-limited vehicle in their territory with a category B1 licence, especially in order to improve the mobility needs of the young who live in rural areas.

Amendment 443

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
as regards category AM they have passed a theory test only; Member States may require applicants to pass a test of skills and behaviour and a medical examination for this category.	as regards category AM they have passed a theory test and a test of skills and behaviour; Member States may require a medical examination for this category.

Or. en

Amendment 444

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
as regards category AM they have passed a theory test only; Member States may require applicants to pass a test of skills and behaviour and a medical examination for this category.	as regards category AM:
	(i) they have passed a theory test and a test of skills and behaviour,
	(ii) they must take a medical examination.

Or. it

Amendment 445

Elena Kountoura

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
For three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles within this category, Member States may impose a distinctive test of skills and behaviour. For the differentiation of vehicles in category AM, a national code may be inserted on the driving licence;	For three-wheel vehicles, quadricycles and L1 category vehicles within this category, Member States may impose a distinctive test of skills and behaviour. For the differentiation of vehicles in category AM, a national code may be inserted on the driving licence;

Or. en

Amendment 446

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ba) For category A1;
	(i) they have passed a theory test and a test of skills and behaviour,
	(ii) they must take a medical examination.

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Amendment 447

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(e) they have their normal residence in the territory of the Member State issuing the licence, or can produce evidence that they have been studying there for at least six months.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 448

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(e) they have their normal residence in the territory of the Member State issuing the licence, or can produce evidence that they have been studying there for at least six months.	(e) they have their normal residence in the territory of the Member State issuing the licence, or can produce evidence of student status in the six months preceding submission of the application.

Or. it

Amendment 449

Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The duration of the administrative validity of driving licences issued by Member States shall be as follows:	The minimum duration of the administrative validity of driving licences issued by Member States shall be as follows:

Or. de

Amendment 450

Brice Hortefeux, François-Xavier Bellamy

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 451

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;	(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1, BE and T;

Or. en

Amendment 452

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;	(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1, BE and T;

Or. en

Amendment 453

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;	(a) 10 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;

Or. en

Amendment 454

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;	(a) 10 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;

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Amendment 455

Kathleen Van Brempt, Vera Tax

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) 15 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;	(a) 10 years for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE;

Or. en

Amendment 456

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may limit the period of administrative validity of individual driving licences for any category in case it is found necessary to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including restrictions for traffic offenders.	Member States shall limit the period of administrative validity of individual driving licences for any category in case it is found necessary to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including restrictions for traffic offenders.

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Amendment 457

Roman Haider, Georg Mayer, Harald Vilimsky, Anders Vistisen, Markus Buchheit

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	deleted

Or. de

Amendment 458

Kathleen Van Brempt

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 459

Kosma Złotowski

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 460

Izaskun Bilbao Barandica

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 461

Jens Gieseke, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 462

Brice Hortefeux, François-Xavier Bellamy

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	Member States may not impose restrictions on the period of administrative validity of driving licences based on the age of holders.

Or. fr

Amendment 463

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza, Lucia Vuolo

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph as follows: (i) to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70; to two years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 75; to one year or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 80. These provisions aims at applying an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. These reduced periods of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

Or. en

Justification

In order to guarantee road-safety, Member States shall be more attentive to aged drivers and to their fitness to drive. Thus, reducing the administrative validity of driving licenses would result in more frequent medical checks, and this frequency should increase together with the age of the holders.

Amendment 464

Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Magdalena Adamowicz, Markus Ferber, Gheorghe Falcă, Benoît Lutgen, Barbara Thaler, Cindy Franssen, Pascal Arimont, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Marian-Jean Marinescu

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	While respecting the principle of subsidiarity, Member States may also set different periods of administrative validity as referred to in the first subparagraph for holders of driving licences residing on their territory and having reached the age set individually by a Member State while reflecting upon their medical fitness condition and ability to drive safely, in order to further improve road safety measures by applying an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

Or. en

Amendment 465

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 65, and reduce the administrative validity to two years for those having reached the age of 80, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

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Amendment 466

Markus Ferber

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	While respecting the principle of subsidiarity, Member States may set different periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph for driving licences of holders residing on their territory reflecting upon their medical fitness condition and their ability to drive safely, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

Or. en

Amendment 467

Andor Deli

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 60, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

Or. hu

Amendment 468

Bergur Løkke Rasmussen

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	Member States may reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of at least 70 years, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

Or. en

Justification

There is no substantial evidence in the Commission’s proposal supporting that increasing the frequency of renewal for elders will lead to significantly better road safety. Without clear evidence that elderly people pose a risk on road safety, and evidence that frequent medical screening reduces that risk, this suggestion can be considered an unnecessary large administrative and economic burden on both elderly people and the administrative authorities, which can appear discriminatory on the basis of age.

Amendment 469

Marianne Vind

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph to five years or less for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached the age of 70, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.	Member States may reduce the periods of administrative validity set out in the first subparagraph for driving licences of holders residing on their territory having reached an age of at least 70 years, in order to apply an increased frequency of medical checks or other specific measures, including refresher courses. This reduced period of administrative validity shall only be applied upon renewal of the driving licence.

Or. en

Justification

Amendment 470

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States may reduce the period of administrative validity set out in this paragraph of driving licences of persons who have been granted a temporary residence permit or who enjoy temporary protection or adequate protection under national law on their territory. For that purpose, this reduced period of administrative validity shall be equal to or shorter than the administrative validity of the temporary residence permit or of the temporary protection or adequate protection.	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 471

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) normal residence in the territory of the Member State issuing the licence, or evidence that the applicant has been studying there for at least six months, at the time they submit their application.	(b) normal residence in the territory of the Member State issuing the licence, or evidence that the applicant has been studying there for at least six months, at the time they submit their application and when the issuing process has been carried out.

Or. en

Amendment 472

Dominique Riquet

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States shall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III via a reasoned medical opinion from a medical authority whose competence is relevant to the complexity of one or more of the possible incapacities mentioned in Annex III from which the driver may be suffering in addition to the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III. The Member States shall define the medical authority responsible for this examination and the procedure to be followed.

Or. fr

Amendment 473

Bergur Løkke Rasmussen

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require:
	(a) an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III; or
	(b) establish a national mechanism for competent health authorities to ensure that significant changes in the physical or mental fitness are reacted upon in order to comply with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness set out in Annex III.

Or. en

Justification

The proposal of introducing a self-assessment upon each renewal of a driving licence throughout life will lead to a large administrative burden on the citizens and the authorities, while there does not seem to be substantial data supporting that an increase of medical checks will improve road safety or reduce fatalities in a way that is proportionate with the administrative burden it leads to.

Amendment 474

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.
	Member States may establish compulsory refresher courses with instructors as well as making use of driving simulators to update their skills as a condition to conclude the renewal process.

Or. en

Amendment 475

Marianne Vind

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States shall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III.

Or. en

Justification

The proposal of introducing a self-assessment upon each renewal of a driving license throughout life will lead to a large administrative burden on the citizens and the authorities, while there does not seem to be substantial data supporting that an increase of medical checks will improve road safety or reduce fatalities in a way that is proportionate with the administrative burden it leads to. It should therefore only be mandatory at the time of the issuance of a driving license and other more flexible systems should be introduced at the time of renewal of a driving license.

Amendment 476

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States shall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III.

Or. it

Amendment 477

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States shall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.

Or. en

Amendment 478

Marco Campomenosi, Paolo Borchia, Annalisa Tardino, Massimo Casanova, Carlo Fidanza

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States shall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.

Or. en

Justification

We are against any medical self-assessment when it comes to issuing or renewing driving licenses.

Amendment 479

Erik Bergkvist

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
When issuing or renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.	When issuing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving set out in Annex III instead of the self-assessment laid down in point 3 of that Annex. In that case, the medical examination shall cover all the medical incapacities mentioned in Annex III.

Or. en

Justification

The doctor's notification obligation, i.e. the requirement for all doctors to report to the driver license authority if the patient is deemed medically unfit to hold a driver license is good enough to control the health status of individuals. Introducing medical certificates for all renewals of driving licenses would mean a disproportionate burden on healthcare that does not correspond to the benefit.

Amendment 480

Marianne Vind

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	When renewing driving licences in categories AM, A, A1, A2, B, B1 and BE, may instead of examination
	(a) Require the holder to fill in a self-assessment form covering all the medical conditions mentioned in Annex III; or
	(b) establish a national mechanism for competent health authorities to ensure that significant changes in the physical or mental fitness are reacted upon in order to comply with the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness set out in Annex III.

Or. en

Justification

Amendment 481

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The Commission shall adopt by [date-of-adoption+18 months] implementing acts setting out the content of the self-assessment referred to in point 3 of Annex III and covering all of the medical incapacities mentioned in that Annex. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2).	deleted

Or. it

Amendment 482

Kathleen Van Brempt, Vera Tax

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	6a. Member States shall establish evidence-based guidelines for General Practitioners and family doctors to identify those who may be at risk of driving a car, and shall operate in coordination with licencing authorities

Or. en

Amendment 483

Kathleen Van Brempt, Vera Tax

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 6 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	6b. Member States shall develop national sensibility campaigns to raise awareness among the general public about mental or physical signals that may put a person at risk of driving a vehicle.

Or. en

Amendment 484

Isabel García Muñoz, Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
No person may hold more than one physical driving licence. A person may however hold several mobile driving licences, provided that these are issued by the same Member State.	No person may hold more than one physical driving licence and one mobile driving licences. However, a person may hold several digital copies of the same mobile driving licence provided that these are issued by the same Member State.

Or. en

Amendment 485

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
No person may hold more than one physical driving licence. A person may however hold several mobile driving licences, provided that these are issued by the same Member State.	No person may hold more than one driving licence. A person may however store a mobile driving licence on several devices.

Or. en

Amendment 486

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
No person may hold more than one physical driving licence. A person may however hold several mobile driving licences, provided that these are issued by the same Member State.	No person may hold more than one physical driving licence. A mobile driving licence can be displayed on several mobile devices.

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Amendment 487

Markus Ferber

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	8a. The European Commission shall, based on expert advice, develop an online training course for general practitioners allowing them to assess all aspects of an applicant's fitness to drive.

Or. en

Justification

Currently, professional drivers often have to visit multiple doctors to have their fitness to drive assessed. Online training would allow general practitioners to become a "one-stop shop".

Amendment 488

Achille Variati

Proposal for a directive

Article 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Article 10a
	Compliance with minimum standards for physical and mental fitness
	1. Before a driving licence is issued, the candidate shall undergo a medical examination applying the minimum standards for physical and mental fitness and covering all the medical conditions set out in Annex III. This shall apply to the issuing of driving licences in category AM only if requested by Member States pursuant to Article 10(1)(b).
	2. Before a driving licence is renewed, the holder shall undergo a medical examination covering all the medical conditions set out in Annex III.

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