2002/256/EC: Commission Decision of 25 March 2002 rectifying Decision 2000/275/EC on equivalences between certain categories of driving licences (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1175)
Date: 2002-03-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, approximation of laws, driving licence, mutual recognition principle

4.4.2002

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rectifying Decision 2000/275/EC on equivalences between certain categories of driving licences

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 March 2002

(notified under document number C(2002) 1175)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/256/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘Additional

information:

1.

if no restriction to a maximum authorised mass of
7 500 kg appears on page 6 of the licence, category
C1 includes the right to drive C vehicles. If no such
restriction is indicated and the holder is entitled to
drive C1E or C2E vehicles, those categories include the
right to drive CE vehicles;

2. the holder of a C2 licence is additionally entitled to
drive DE vehicles if he also holds a D licence;’

6. only concerns the French version;

7.

8.

in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 3 (p. 29),
‘Corresponding categories’ column, fifth line,
is
replaced by ‘(see: 2)’;

‘(see: 1)’

in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 4 (p. 30),
‘Corresponding categories’ column, second line, ‘A1, B’ is
replaced by ‘B’;

9. the section entitled ‘Models issued in Norway’ (pp. 47-50)
is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this
Decision;

10. the figure ‘1.’ is inserted after ‘Additional information’ for

each of the following models:

France 1 (OJ L 91, 12.4.2000, p. 16), France 2 (p. 17),
France 4 (p. 18), France 5 (p. 19), Portugal 1 (p. 31),
Sweden 2 (p. 37), United Kingdom 3 (p. 39), Iceland 1 (p.
44), Iceland 2 (p. 44), Iceland 3 (p. 45), Iceland 4 (p. 45)
and Liechtenstein 2 (p. 47).

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 25 March 2002.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July
1991 on driving licences (1), as last amended by Commission
Directive 2000/56/EC (2), and in particular Article 1(2) and the
first paragraph of Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

Errors were made in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/
275/EC (3). That Decision ought therefore to be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2000/275/EC is hereby rectified as
follows, on the pages indicated in brackets:

1.

2.

3.

4.

in the Description of Model Belgium 1 (p. 3), the words
‘Generally it is a pink’ are replaced by the word ‘Pink’;

in the Table of equivalences for Model Germany 2 (p. 8),
‘Corresponding categories’ column, third line, the words
‘less than 25 passenger seats’ are replaced by the words ‘25
passenger seats or fewer’;

in the Table of equivalences for Model Greece 1 (p. 14),
‘Corresponding categories’ column,
is
replaced by ‘B for professional use’;

third line,

‘B*’

in the Table of equivalences for Model Spain 1 (p. 15),
‘Corresponding categories’ column, sixth and seventh lines,
‘C1’ and ‘C1E’ are replaced by ‘C1 (see: 1)’ and ‘C1E (see: 1)’
respectively; in the eighth line, ‘C, CE (see: 1)’ is replaced
by ‘C, CE (see: 2)’;

5. the ‘Additional information’ section of Model Spain 1 (p.

15) is replaced by the following:

(1) OJ L 237, 24.8.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 91, 12.4.2000, p. 1.

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ANNEX

MODELS ISSUED IN NORWAY

General remark for all models: all Norwegian driving licences have preprinted text in ‘bokmål’ or ‘nynorsk’. The two forms
of language have equal status. The words ‘førerkort’ and ‘Norge’ show the text is in ‘bokmål’;
‘førarkort’ and ‘Noreg’
indicate the ‘nynorsk’ form.

Model Norway 1 (N1)

Issued in Norway from 23.4.1967 to 31.3.1979

Description: dark green cover, model folded in format A7, six pages. The word ‘Førerkort’ or ‘Førarkort’ is printed on the
front cover.

Table of equivalences

Categories of model N1

Corresponding categories

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

(Class 4)

A1, BE

A1, BE

A

—

Additional

information:

this model is valid until the holder's 100th birthday, provided the licence had a period of validity of ten years and was
valid on 2 April 1982. National law requires holders driving abroad with this model to carry with them in addition a
certified translation or an international permit in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

Model Norway 2 (N2)

Issued in Norway from 1.4.1979 to 1.3.1989

Description: bright pink paper model encased in clear plastic, two pages. Licences issued after July 1985 carry the date of
first issue of any driving licence to the holder (‘Første førerkort’).

Table of equivalences

Categories of model N2

Corresponding categories

A

A

A + ‘Klasse A gjelder bare lett motorsykkel’

A1 (see: 1)

B

BE

C

CE

D

DE

(A + ‘Klasse A gjelder bare beltemotorsykkel’)

(T)

B

BE (see: 2)

C

CE

C1, D (see: 3)

C1E, DE (see: 3)

—

—

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Additional

information:

1. the stamp is on the reverse of the driving licence;

2. holders of driving licences of category BE issued prior to 1 April 1979 and subsequently exchanged for an N2 model

are additionally entitled to drive vehicles in category A1;

3. to maintain the C1 or C1E entitlement, the holder has to exchange his licence for an N4 model when renewing his D

or DE entitlement.

Model Norway 3 (N3)

Issued in Norway from 1.3.1989 to 31.12.1997

Description: bright pink and grey paper model encased in clear plastic, two pages.

Table of equivalences

Categories of model N3

Corresponding categories

A

A

A + ‘Klasse A gjelder bare lett motorsykkel’

A1 (see: 1)

A1

B

BE

B1

C

CE

C1

C1E

D

DE

D1

D1E

D2

D2E

(A + ‘Gjelder beltemotorsykkel’)

(S)

(T)

A1

B

BE (see: 2)

B1

C

CE

C1 (see: 3)

C1E (see: 3)

D

C1E, DE (see: 4)

D1 (see: 5)

D1E (see: 5)

C1, D1 (see: 4)

C1E, D1E (see: 4)

—

—

—

Additional

information:

1. the stamp is on the reverse of the driving licence;

2. driving licences of category BE first issued prior to 1 April 1979 and since exchanged for an N3 model entitle the

holder to drive category A1 in addition;

3. categories C1 and C1E were introduced on 1 January 1997;

4. the entitlement to drive C1 and C1E may only be maintained if the holder exchanges his licence for an N4 model

when renewing his DE, D2 or D2E entitlement;

5. categories D1 and D1E were introduced on 1 January 1997 and replaced categories D2 and D2E.

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Model Norway 4 (N4)

Issued in Norway since 1.1.1998

Description: Plastic card model

in accordance with Annex Ia to Directive 91/439/EEC.

Table of equivalences

Categories of model N4

Corresponding categories

A1

A

B1

B

BE

C1

C1E

C

CE

D1

D1E

D

DE

(S, T)

A1

A

B1

B

BE

C1

C1E

C

CE

D1

D1E

D

DE

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