Driver Qualification Card
Overview of the physical characteristics of the cards introduced in EU member states
FINAL VERSION- MAY 2010
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Table of content
Table of content
2
Introduction
4
Code 95 or Driver Qualification Card
5
Bulgaria
7
Cyprus
8
The Czech Republic
9
Denmark
10
Estonia
11
Finland
12
France
13
Germany
14
Great Britain
16
Greece
17
Hungary
18
Italy
19
Luxembourg
20
Northern Ireland
21
Norway
22
Portugal
23
Romania
24
Slovak Republic
25
Slovenia
26
Spain
27
Sweden
28
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Switzerland
29
Annex II of the DIRECTIVE 2003/59/EC
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Introduction
The DIRECTIVE 2003/59/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 July 2003 on the initial
qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers prescribes that
Member States should affix the new harmonised Community code either to the driving licence (the so called Code “95”) or to
the new driver qualification card (see Annex II of the DIRECTIVE 2003/59/EC).
This document wants (1) to give an overview which EU member states decided to introduce the Driver Qualification Card and
which member states decided to affix the Community code to the driving licence (cfr. chapter Code 95 or Driver Qualification
Card) and (2) to list the different cards which have been introduced by now.
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Code 95 or Driver Qualification Card
Country
Code 95
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Code 95
Code 95
Driver Qualification
Card
Remarks
Driver Qualification Card
Code 95
Code 95
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Both code 95 as Driver Qualification
Card
France
Germany
Driver Qualification Card
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Both code 95 as driver qualification
card : For drivers with a german driving
licence code 95 is used. Drivers with a
foreign driving licence, who get the
qualification in Germany, get a Driver
Qualification Card.
Code 95
Code 95
The Code "95" will be added to the
driving licence of resident drivers. For
non resident drivers, a driver
qualification card will be issued.
Malta
The Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Norway
Code 95
Code 95
Poland
Portugal
Code 95
Driver Qualification Card
Both code 95 as driver qualification
card. Code 95 for those who do not
hold a Norwegian license. In a
transitional process - until the
production process for code 95 is
established-, qualification cards are
also issued for Norwegian licenses.
Driver Qualification Card
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Driver Qualification Card
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Driver Qualification Card
Both code 95 as driver qualification
card
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Bulgaria
Recto
Source: http://www.somatsofia.com/%D0%A3%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%8
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B%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5/tabid/168/Default.aspx
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Cyprus
Recto
Verso
Source:
http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/RTD/RTD.nsf/All/BEE52D314C51D389C22575140028A3FA/$file/Leaflet%20%CE%A0%CE%95
%CE%99.pdf?Openelement
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
The Czech Republic
Recto
Verso
9
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Denmark
Recto
Verso
Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:226:0004:0017:DA:PDF
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Estonia
Code 95 can only be added on a driving licence if the driver is under 21 years old. But normally a driver who has passed a
CPC training gets a driver qualification card.
Please note that the issuing authority was ARK (Estonian Motor Vehicle Registration Centre) until the 01.07.2009 (like shown
on the specimen below). Since 01.07.2009 the issuing authority of the driver qualification card is the Estonian Road
Administration (Maanteeamet).
Recto
Verso
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Finland
Recto
Verso
Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:226:0004:0017:FI:PDF
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
France
Recto
Verso
Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:226:0004:0017:FR:PDF
13
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Germany
Recto
14
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Verso
15
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Great Britain
Recto
Verso
16
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Greece
Recto
Verso
Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:226:0004:0017:EL:PDF
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Hungary
Recto
Verso
18
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Italy
Recto
Verso
Source: http://www.assotir.it/pagina.php?cat=37&id=1040
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Luxembourg
The model of this card is not available yet.
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Northern Ireland
Recto
Verso
21
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Norway
Recto
Verso
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Portugal
Recto
Verso
Source: http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2009/05/10200/0331003319.pdf
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Romania
Recto
Verso
Source: http://www.mt.ro/VECHI/httpdocs/transparenta/Ordin%202003L0059%20v5%2015-12-2005.htm
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Slovak Republic
Recto
Verso
Source: http://www.kkv.sk/vzor-kvalifikacnej-karty-c.html
25
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Slovenia
Recto
Verso
26
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Spain
Recto
Verso
Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:226:0004:0017:ES:PDF
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Sweden
Recto
Verso
28
DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Switzerland
Recto
Verso
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DRIVER QUALFICATION CARD
Annex II of the DIRECTIVE 2003/59/EC
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ANNEX II
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES MODEL FOR A DRIVER QUALIFICATION CARD
1. The physical characteristics of the card must comply with ISO standards 7810 and 7816-1.
The methods for verifying the physical characteristics of the card to ensure that they are consistent with international
standards must comply with ISO standard 10373.
2. The card has two sides:
side 1 contains:
(a) the heading ‘driver qualification card’ printed in large type in the official language or languages of the Member
State issuing the card;
(b) the name of the Member State issuing the card (optional);
(c) the distinguishing sign of the Member State issuing the card, printed in negative in a blue rectangle and encircled
by 12 yellow stars; the distinguishing signs are as follows:
B:
Belgium
DK: Denmark
D:
Germany
GR: Greece
E:
Spain
F:
France
IRL: Ireland
I:
Italy
L:
Luxembourg
NL: The Netherlands
A:
Austria
P:
Portugal
FIN: Finland
S:
Sweden
UK: United Kingdom;
(d) information specific to the card, numbered as follows:
1. surname of the holder;
2. first name of the holder;
3. date and place of birth of the holder;
4. (a) date of issue;
(b) date of expiry;
(c) the name of the issuing authority (may be printed on side 2);
(d) a different number from the driving licence number for administrative purposes (optional);
5. (a) driving licence number;
(b) serial number;
6. photograph of the holder;
7. signature of the holder;
8. normal place of residence, or postal address of the holder (optional);
9. the (sub)categories of vehicles for which the driver satisfies the initial qualification and periodic training
requirements;
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(e) the title ‘European Communities model’ in the language or languages of the Member State issuing the card and
the heading ‘driver qualification card’ in the other official languages of the Community, printed in blue so as to
form the background to the card:
tarjeta de cualificación del conductor
chaufføruddannelsesbevis
Fahrerqualifizierungsnachweis
δελτίο επιµόρφωσης οδηγού
driver qualification card
carte de qualification de conducteur
cárta cáilíochta tiomána
carta di qualificazione del conducente
kwalificatiekaart bestuurder
carta de qualificação do motorista
kuljettajan ammattipätevyyskortti
yrkeskompetensbevis för förare;
(f) the reference colours:
— blue: Pantone Reflex blue,
— yellow: Pantone yellow;
side 2 contains:
(a) 9. the (sub)categories of vehicles for which the driver satisfies the initial qualification and periodic training
requirements;
10. the Community code provided for in Article 10 of this Directive;
11. a space reserved for the possible entry by the Member State issuing the card of essential administrative details
or details relating to road safety (optional). If the details relate to a heading set out in this Annex, such details
must be preceded by the corresponding heading number;
(b) an explanation of the numbered entries appearing on sides 1 and 2 of the card (at least headings 1, 2, 3, 4(a),
4(b), 4(c), 5(a), 5(b) and 10).
If a Member State wishes to word these entries in a national language other than one of the following languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish, it shall draw
up a bilingual version of the card using one of the abovementioned languages, without prejudice to the other
provisions of this Annex.
3. Security, including data protection
The aim of the various constituent parts of the card is to rule out any forgery or tampering and to detect any
attempts to do so.
The Member State must ensure that the level of security of the card is at least comparable to the level of security of
the driving licence.
4. Particular arrangements
After consulting the Commission, Member States may add colours or markings, such as a bar code, national symbols
and security features, without prejudice to the other provisions of this Annex.
In connection with the mutual recognition of cards, the bar code may not contain any information other than that
already legibly appearing on the driver qualification card or which is essential for the card-issuing process.
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