제19371호                                관              보               2018. 11. 5.(월요일)
                                               Article 1
1.       Each Party shall reciprocally recognize and/or exchange the valid domestic driver’s
licenses issued by the Competent Authority of the other Party, in accordance with the table of
equivalence set out in the Annex to this Agreement.
2.       For the purposes of this Agreement:
         (a)    The Government of the Republic of Korea shall require the applicant to submit the
         original driver’s licenses issued by the Competent Authority of the Government of the
         Republic of Colombia in order to exchange the driver’s licenses; and
         (b)    The Government of the Republic of Colombia shall require the applicant to present
         the original driver’s licenses issued by the Competent Authority of the Government of the
         Republic of Korea in order to recognize the driver’s licenses.
                                               Article 2
1.       The nationals of one Party, who hold valid, non-temporary driver’s licenses issued by the
Competent Authority of one Party and are legally present in the territory of the other Party, may
at any time apply to the Competent Authority of the other Party for the recognition and/or
exchange of their driver’s licenses for driver’s licenses issued by that other Party if they wish to
drive motor vehicles in the territory of that other Party, in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
2.       For the purpose of the exchange of driver’s licenses, the Republic of Korea shall require
that Colombi an applicants register as foreigners in accordance with the relevant laws of the
Republic of Korea, which require the applicants to legally reside in the Republic of Korea for
more than ninety (90) days.
3.       The Parties shall recognize and/or exchange driver’s licenses, in accordance with
paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, without requiring the applicants to undergo any theoretical or
practical examinations relating to the applicants’ ability to drive a motor vehicle, subject to their
relevant national laws and regulations.
4.       Paragraph 3 of this Article shall not affect the national laws and regulations of either
Party relating to restrictions on driving based on the age, health or mental condition of an
applicant for a driver’s license.
5.       Driver’s licenses issued to driving course participants or to persons who are learning to
drive in accordance with the national laws and regulations of the Parties are not the subject of
the mutual recognition and/or exchange of driver’s licenses.
6.       This Agreement does not apply to driver’s licenses issued in either Party through the
recognition and/or exchange of a driver’s license obtained in a third State.
                                               Article 3
1.      The Competent Authority of the Party carrying out the recognition and/or exchange of a
driver’s license shall require the original driver’s license of the applicant issued by the Competent
Authority of the other Party, accompanied by a translation into that country’s official language,
certified by the diplomatic or consular mission of the other Party or by an apostille of the other
Party.
2.       The Competent Authority of the Party carrying out the recognition and/or exchange of a
driver’s license may require the applicant to submit a confirmation of the applicant’s health or
mental capability to drive the motor vehicles of the relevant license classification, and may deny
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