CORTE
Card Working Group
Survey on prices of tachograph cards and driving licenses
- rev 1.3 -

OPERATION
Prepared by
Checked by
Approved by
Issued by

NAME
Eva CHITUL
Rémy RUSSOTTO
Birgit SAAV
CORTE Secretariat

ORGANISATION
CORTE
CORTE
Sweden
CORTE

DATE
15/09/2012
20/10/2012
21/10/2012
22/10/2012

Price of cards

Amount of the driver card
supported by the driver

Driver
cards

Company
cards

Workshop
cards

Control
cards

70€

85€

97€

70€

Cost of the driver
card for Card
Issuing
Authorities

Price of
DRIVING
LICENSES

EU

Austria

The driver card will be paid by
the Company, pro rata to 5
years.
Court Decision 9ObA 92/06d-5

20€ for ÖAMTC or
ÄRBÖ (CIA)
15€ for Austria
Card (CP)
14€ for ASFINAG
(CIA)Systemoperater
4€ for certificate
all costs are 53€

Belgium

65 EUR

150 EUR

225 EUR

VAT inc

VAT inc

VAT inc

Free for
control
authoritie
s within
fixed
quantititi
es

In most cases ( 80%) employers The selling price 20 EUR ( new
pay for the driver cards as they of all types of plastic
model
can:
cards is based on without chip )
a
financial
construction
-Recuperate VAT which is 21% where
all
(within certain conditions)
estimated
cost
including
-Recuperate the rest of the
price from a social fund existing administrative
for road haulage and road handling cost are
passenger sector for their incorporated,

professional drivers (in fact the
fund is financed by a tax levied
from the companies, so
indirectly it is the companies
money.)

divided by all
estimated cards
to be rolled out in
10 years

€33.19 plus V.A.T.
(17%)

Bulgaria
€100.00

€100.00

€120.00

Free

€100.00

Cyprus

First issue,
replacement
& renewal

First issue,
replacement
& renewal

First issue,
replacement &
renewal

First issue,
replacement
& renewal

(The CIA requests payment from the
applicant (driver), but in practice, in the
majority of cases, the companies are
paying the full amount)

Czech Republic

CZK 700.-

CZK 700.-

CZK 700.-

FREE

FULL AMOUNT, i.e. CZK 700.-

CZK 700.-

CZK 50.-

V.A.T. inclusive

∼€ 28.-

∼€ 28.-

∼€ 28.-

∼€ 28.-

∼€ 28.-

∼€ 2.-

47.93€

47.93€

47.93€

47.93€

100%

100€

100€

100€

100€

100%(The CIA requests payment from
the applicant (driver), but in practice, in
the majority of cases, the companies
are paying the full amount)

Denmark
Estonia

Finland

25.56€
N/A

first
driving
licence for a car
60€
other
driving
licences 53€

France

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Germany

round
about

round
about

round
about

40 €

40 €

40 €

150€

200€
(natural
person)

300€

-

150€

33€ + 23%VAT
= 40,59€

(legal
person)

7700*
HUF
(approx.
30€)

7700*
HUF
(approx.
30€)

7700* HUF 3500*
In most cases employers pay for
(approx.
HUF
the driver cards, other cases
30€)
(approx.
than that the driver pays 100%.
15€)
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144,15€
(standard cost)

+70€ (Certificate
of
Professional
Competence -CPC for transport of
goods)

300€

GREECE

Hungary

12 €

+70€ (Certificate
of
Professional
Competence - CPC
- for transport of
passengers)

This information
is ‘commercial in
confidence’ and
cannot
be
disclosed.

4000
HUF
(approx. 15€)
Another authority
is responsible for
issuing it.

€45 for
Online
Applicati
ons and

€45
for €60
Online
Applicatio
ns and

€60 for
Paper
Applicati
ons

€60
for
Paper
Applicatio
ns

Free of 100%
Charge

€40.64*

1-year: €5

*Exclusive
of
3-year: €15
Administration
costs
10-year: €25
Licence valid to
age 70 (not more
than 10-year):

Ireland,
Republic of
(EIRE)

€25
Applicant is 70 or
over on licence
start date: no fee
Duplicate Licence
€10

37.00€

37.00€

37.00€

21.00€

100%

Confidential
information

Latvia

78.00€

100.00€

135.00€

100.00€

100%

74.10€

Lithuania

200 Lt

200 Lt

200 Lt

200 Lt

The driver pays the full cost of Confidential

Italy

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49 Lt (≈ 14,20

(≈
58 (≈ 58 EUR) (≈ 58 EUR)
EUR)

Luxembourg
Malta

Netherlands

74 €

74 €

74 €

(≈
EUR)

58 the card himself. Sometimes the information
company pays for the drivers
cards (about 10-15% of issued
drivers cards are paid by
companies).

0€

€100

€100

Not
available.

Free

€98,00
excluding
19%VAT

€98,00
excluding
19%VAT

€98,00
excluding
19%VAT

€98,00
excluding
19%VAT

€800 approx.

In case of a driver card it’s fully
billed to the driver as mentioned
on the driver card.
It’s up to the employer to pay for
that bill and to recollect the VAT.

€116,62
incl.
19%VAT

€116,62
incl.
19%VAT

€116,62 incl.
19%VAT

€116,62
incl.
19%VAT

239 LEI

239 LEI

239LEI

239LEi

The diver pays the full cost of
the card himself.

Slovakia

71 EUR

71 EUR

71 EUR

71 EUR

71 EUR

Slovenia

52,40EU

52,40EUR

52,40EUR

52,40EUR

€98,00
19%VAT

excl.

€116,62
19%VAT

incl.

Poland
Portugal
Romania

EUR)

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O

R

VAT inc

VAT inc

VAT inc

650 SEK

650 SEK

650 SEK

0

650 SEK

£38

£38

NIL

NIL

for

for

first app

first app

£19

£19

The cost of the driver card is This information
paid in full by the driver.
is ‘commercial in
confidence’ and
cannot
be
disclosed.

for

for

renewal/

renewal/

replacem
ent of a
time
expired
or

replacem
ent of a
timeexpired or
damaged

damaged

lost/

lost/

stolen
card.

VAT inc
Spain
Sweden

United
Kingdom

stolen
card.

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EEA Countries
& Switzerland
Iceland

Liechtenstein

Since 1st Since 1st Since
1st Since 1st The card prices have been CHF 80.-October October
October
October
defined cost-effectively (card
2011:
2011:
2011:
2011:
producer, administrative costs,
project costs).
70.-/85.- 70.-/85.70.45.Since 1st October 2011 there are
two different card prices:
online/offline
NOK 610

NOK 610

NOK 610

NOK 610

(≈ € 82)

(≈ € 82)

(≈ € 82)

(≈ € 82)

Drivers pay 100 %. Many Confidential
employers reimburse their information.
drivers for the amount paid.

Norway

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NOK 230
(≈ € 31)
If
a
new
photograph
is
necessary, there
is an additional
charge of NOK 65
(≈ € 9).

Switzerland

Since 1st Since 1st Since
1st Since 1st The card prices have been CHF 80.-defined cost-effectively (card
October October
October
October
2011:
2011:
2011:
2011:
producer, administrative costs,
project costs).
70.-/85.- 70.-/85.70.45.Since 1st October 2011 there are
two different card prices:
online/offline

Non EU /
AETR
countries
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Croatia

71 €

71 €

71 €

71 €

100%

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Kazakhstan
Moldova

76 €

76 €

76 €

76 €

100%

Monaco
Montenegro
Russian
Federation
San Marino
Serbia
The Former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

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41,87 €

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