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Removed2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 21, to amend Annex IV where necessary in order to take account of technical, operational or scientific developments.

RemovedArticle 17 Normal residence

Removed1. For the purposes of this Directive, normal residence shall be the place where a person usually lives, that is for at least 185 days in each calendar year, because of personal andor occupational ties, or and, in the case of a person with no occupational ties, because of personal ties which show close links between that person and the place where he or she is living. [Am. 126]

RemovedHowever, the normal residence of a person whose occupational ties are in a different place from his or her personal ties and who consequently lives in turn in different places situated in two or more Member States shall be regarded as being the place of his or her personal ties, provided that such person returns there regularly. This last condition need not be met where the person is living in a Member State in order to carry out a task of a definite duration. Attendance at a university or school shall not imply transfer of normal residence.

Removed2. For the purposes of Article 10(3), point (b) and Article 11(4), the normal residence of the staff of diplomatic services of the Union or of its Member States, or of the members of their families forming part of their households, shall be considered to be in the territory of the Member States that issued the driving licences that are being renewed or replaced.

RemovedFor the purposes of this Article “diplomatic services of the Union” shall include officials from relevant departments of the General Secretariat of the Council and of the Commission, as well as staff seconded from national diplomatic services of the Member States and any other employee or contractor working for the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in the area of external representation and who, in order to be able to perform their contractual duties, have to live at least 181 days in the territory of one or several third countries in a calendar year.

Removed3. Where the holder of a driving licence cannot prove the establishment of his or her normal residence in a given Member State under paragraph 1, the holder may as a last resource have his or her driving licence renewed in the Member State that originally issued it.

Removed4. By way of derogation from Article 10(1), point (e) and for the specific purpose of the first issuance of a driving licence of category B, an applicant whose Member State of normal residence is different from his or her Member State of citizenship may have his or her driving licence issued by the latter, where the Member State of normal residence does not provide for the possibility to pass the theoretical or practical tests in one of the official EU languages of the Member State of citizenship or with an interpreter. [Am. 127]

RemovedArticle 18 Equivalences between non-Union standard model licences

Removed1. Member States shall apply the equivalences established by Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1945 between entitlements obtained before 19 January 2013entry into force of this Directive and the categories set out in Article 6 of this Directive. [Am. 128]

Removed2. Any entitlement to drive granted before 19 January 2013entry into force of this Directive shall not be removed or in any way qualified by the provisions of this Directive. [Am. 129]

RemovedArticle 19 Mutual assistance

Removed1. Member States shall assist one another in the implementation of this Directive. They shall exchange information on the licences they have issued, exchanged, replaced, renewed, restricted, suspended, withdrawn, cancelled or revoked, on the driving disqualifications they have imposed or plan to enact and consult each other in order to verify whether an applicant for a driving licence is not subject to a driving disqualification in any Member State. They shall use the EU driving licence network set up for those purposes.

Removed2. Member States may also use the EU driving licence network for the exchange of information for the following purposes:

Removed(a) to enable their authorities to verify the validity and authenticity of a driving licence during road-side checks or as part of anti-forgery measures;

Removed(b) to facilitate investigations that aim to identify the liable person for road-safety-related traffic offences, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/413 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Removed(c) to prevent, detect and investigate road traffic-related criminal offences as referred to in accordance with [REFERENCE TO PRÜM II], provided all necessary conditions therein for that purpose apply and with due observance of the principles of purpose limitation, necessity and proportionality; [Am. 130]

Removed(d) to enforce Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Removed(e) to implement and enforce [NEW DIRECTIVE ON THE UNION-WIDE EFFECT OF CERTAIN DRIVING DISQUALIFICATIONS].

Removed3. Access to the network shall be secured. The network shall provide for both synchronous (real time) and asynchronous exchange of information, and for the sending and receiving of secured messages, notifications and attachments.

RemovedMember States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the information exchanged through the network is up-to-date.

RemovedMember States may grant access for the network only to the authorities competent for the purposes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.

Removed4. Member States shall also assist each other in the implementation of the mobile driving licence, in particular to guarantee the seamless interoperability between the applications and verification features referred to in Annex I, Part C.

Removed5. In order to ensure interoperability between national systems connected to the EU driving licence network and the protection of personal data exchanged in this context, the Commission shall adopt by 6 June 2026 implementing acts laying down the detailed operational, interface and technical requirements of the EU driving licence network. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

Removed6. Member States may cooperate in the enforcement of any partial restriction, suspension, withdrawal or cancellation of the right to drive or a driving licence, in particular where the respective measures are limited to certain driving licence categories or to the territories of certain Member States, in particular through endorsements on the driving licences they have issued.

RemovedArticle 20 Review

RemovedMember States shall inform the Commission on a yearly basis about the number of driving licences issued, renewed, replaced, withdrawn and exchanged, for each category, including data on the issuance and use of mobile driving licences. Member States shall also inform the Commission within 3 months if the laws, regulations and administrative provisions they adopted, which are necessary to comply with this Directive, are changed in a way affecting the application of the provisions of this Directive. [Am. 131]

RemovedMember States shall also share data on their best practices as regards road safety measures and risk awareness trainings, especially as regards novice drivers and within the lifelong training, on types of medical fitness checks per age group, use of support system per age group through feedback interventions with proof of participation and recommendations provided by a driving instructor, traffic psychologist or driving examiner as well as measures to increase road safety measures among vulnerable road users, including measures regulating micro mobility. [Am. 132]

RemovedBy 1 July 2027, the Commission is invited to present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the effects of use of national provisions on Non Road Mobile Machinery and its implication on internal market and road safety. The report may be accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council with the view to facilitating use of Non Road Mobile Machinery across the Union. [Am. 321]

RemovedMember States shall annually report to the Commission statistics on road accidents per driving licence category, caused by novice drivers under accompanied driving scheme as defined by Article 14. Every 3 years, the Commission is invited to prepare a report comparing the road accidents caused by drivers who obtained a driving licence following accompanied driving scheme with the other drivers. The report shall take into account data per each category of driving licence. The Commission shall make the report publically available, including through the CBE portal as established by the [CBE directive]. [Am. 133]

RemovedBy [entry into force + 5 years], and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Directive, including its impact on road safety.

RemovedArticle 21 Exercise of the delegation

Removed1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Removed2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 4(8), Article 5(6), Article 8(2), Article 9(2), Article 10(8), Article 11(a), Article 12(8a)10(8) and Article 16(2) and Article 16a(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [Date of entry into force of the Directive]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension no later than three months before the end of each period. [Am. 134]

Removed3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 4(8), Article 5(6), Article 8(2), Article 10(8) and Article 16(2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

Removed4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

Removed5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Removed6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4(8), Article 5(6), Article 8(2), Article 10(8) and Article 16(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council, or if before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

RemovedArticle 22 Committee procedure

Removed1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee on driving licences. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Removed2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

RemovedWhere the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of committee members so request.

RemovedWhere the committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the implementing act and Article 5(4), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Removed3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

RemovedArticle 23 Amendments to Directive (EU) 2022/2561

RemovedDirective (EU) 2022/2561 is amended as follows:

Removed(1) In Article 5(2) of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, the following point (c) is added:

Removed‘(c) from the age of 17, a vehicle in licence category Ccategories C and C1, provided they hold a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1) and only under the conditions laid down in Article 14(2) of Directive [REFERENCE-TO-THIS-DIRECTIVE];’’ [Am. 135]

Removed(2) In Article 5, paragraph 3, point (a) is replaced by following:

Removed‘(a) from the age of 21:

Removed(i) a vehicle in driving licence categories D and D + E provided that they hold a CPC as referred to in Article 6(2).

RemovedAny Member State may authorise drivers of vehicles in driving licence categories D1 and D1 + E to drive such vehicles within its territory from the age of 18, provided that they hold a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1).

RemovedAny Member State may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE for professional bus and coach drivers to:

Removed- 19 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of CPC in accordance with Article 6(1), of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Removed- 18 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of CPC in accordance with Article 6(1), of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, and drive such vehicles without passengers or on lines of less than 50 km with passengers.

Removed(ii) a vehicle in driving licence categories D and D + E, provided that they hold a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1).

RemovedAny Member State may lower the minimum age for categories D and DE for professional bus and coach drivers to:

Removed- 19 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of CPC in accordance with Article 6(1), of Directive (EU) 2022/2561;

Removed- 18 years on their territory, provided that drivers have undergone a full professional training and are holders of CPC in accordance with Article 6(1), of Directive (EU) 2022/2561, and drive such vehicles without passengers or on lines of less than 50 km with passengers.’ [Am. 322]

Removed(3) In Article 5, paragraph 3, point (b) is deleted. [Am. 323]