Document ID: 32002D0256

Commission Decision
of 25 March 2002
rectifying Decision 2000/275/EC on equivalences between certain categories of driving licences
(notified under document number C(2002) 1175)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/256/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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. in the Description of Model Belgium 1 (p. 3), the words "Generally it is a pink" are replaced by the word "Pink";
2. 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";
3. in the Table of equivalences for Model Greece 1 (p. 14), "Corresponding categories" column, third line, "B*" is replaced by "B for professional use";
4. 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: "Additional information:
1. if no restriction to a maximum authorised mass of 7500 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. in the Table of equivalences for Model Austria 3 (p. 29), "Corresponding categories" column, fifth line, "(see: 1)" is replaced by "(see: 2)";
8. 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).
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 March 2002.

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