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Mobility & Transport - Road Safety

Germany - D6

Issue period: 01/01/1999 - 18/01/2013

Physical description

Size: 86 x 54 mm

Format: ID 1

Material: Multi-layered polycarbonate

Colour: Pink/green

Images

Security features

Legend

  • 1 Surname of the holder
  • 2 Other name(s) of the holder
  • 3 Date and place of birth
  • 4a Date of issue of the licence
  • 4b Date of expiry of the licence
  • 4c Name of the issuing authority
  • 5 Number of licence
  • 6 Photograph of the holder
  • 7 Signature of the holder
  • 8 Permanent place of residence
  • 9 category(ies) of vehicle(s) the holder is entitled to drive
  • 10 Date of first issue of each category(ies)
  • 11 Date of expiry of each category
  • 12 Additional information/restriction(s)

Categories & Codes

Categories

For more information on the corresponding categories, please check the Commission decision on equivalence.

Category

Period of validity*

A, A1,B,BE; M, T, L, S

indefinite

C1, C1E

until 50;  above 50: 5 years

C, CE, D, DE

5 years

*This refers to the administrative validity of the document and does not necessarily reflect the holder’s right to drive.

 

National categories

National category

Description of national category

M

Two-wheeled small motorcycles (motorcycles designed to have a maximum speed limit of up to 45 km/h and an electric drive motor or combustion engine with a cylinder capacity of up to 50 cm3) and motor-assisted pedal cycles (motorcycles designed to have a maximum speed of up to 45 km/h and an electric drive motor or combustion engine with a cylinder capacity of up to 50 cm3; these are also used in the same way as bicycles).

S

Three-wheeled small motorcycles and 4-wheeled light vehicles, each designed with a maximum speed of up to 45 km/h and a cylinder capacity of up to 50 cm3 (for spark ignition engines), a maximum net power of up to 4 kW (for other combustion engines) or of a maximum continuous rated power of up to 4 kW (for electric motors); moreover, for 4-wheeled light vehicles the unloaded mass must not exceed 350 kg, excluding the mass of the batteries (in the case of electric vehicles).

L

Tractors designed for agriculture or forestry and used for such purposes, designed to have a maximum speed of up to 40 km/h; combinations of these vehicles and trailers, driven at a speed of up to 25 km/h; self-propelling machinery, self-propelling fodder mixer vehicles, forklift trucks and other industrial trucks, each designed with a maximum speed of up to 25 km/h; combinations of these vehicles and trailers.

T

Tractors designed to have a maximum speed of up to 60 km/h and self-propelling machinery or self-propelling fodder mixer vehicles designed to have a maximum speed of up to 40 km/h; designed for agriculture or forestry and used for such purposes (all may include trailers).

 

Codes

National codes

See EU driving licence handbook, 2005 edition, on model D6. The entries are unconditionally valid   = Directive 91/439/EEC

 

Professional drivers

  • Certificate of professional competence is issued : NO
  • Code 95 is marked on the driving licence : NO