page_title: Driving licence in Poland
section_title: Appearance
hierarchical_section_title: Driving licence in Poland / Appearance
caption_attribution_description: English: Specimen of new polish driving license prepared by Ministry of Transport containing new categories according to the Vehicle Drivers Act Polski: Wzór nowego prawa jazdy zaproponowany przez Ministerstwo Transportu, obejmujący nowe kategorie zgodnie z Ustawą o kierujących pojazdami
context_page_description: A driving licence in Poland is a document issued by the relevant government agency, regional or local government, confirming the rights of the holder to drive motor vehicles.
context_section_description: Licence used by drivers who are residents of the associated countries of the European Union have a standard look and contain the information of the driver, common to all countries, developed in 1998. Exceptions to this general rule apply to small parts of this document. Polish driving licences issued from the late 1990s comply with these standards.
  Licence is embedded in a transparent plastic the shape and size of a credit card (85.6 × 53.98 mm (ID-1 standard ISO / IEC 7810)), which makes counterfeiting very difficult and ensures longevity.
  After 1 May 2004 (the date of Polish EU accession), Polish driving licences were slightly changed:
  instead of an ellipse around the letters PL, in the upper left corner there are 12 stars
  the photo is larger
  the background of the new licence contains the words "licence" in all EU languages.
  The licences issued before 1 May 2004 remain valid (do not have to be exchanged).
caption: A Polish driving licence issued after Polish EU accession
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