Germany - D6 - European Commission

Physical description

Size: 86 x 54 mm

Format: ID 1

Material: Multi-layered polycarbonate

Colour: Pink/green

Images

Security features

Whitener-free piece of card

Characteristics: The piece of card consists of 100% multi-layered, whitener-free polycarbonate.

Security design

Location: Front and back
Characteristics: The security design comprises a combination of security features. 1. Rainbow printing, in which pink and green merge into one another, resulting in a continuous colour gradient. 2. The patterns are made up of very fine continuous lines which are intertwined with one another. 3. Microprint as a security element to prevent duplication: Front: "FÜHRERSCHEIN BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND", back: "FÜHRERSCHEIN" - as applicable. 4. Security colours issued according to special guidelines, which do not correspond to standard print colours (CMYK). 5. Release area of the photo with run-off zone (weakening pattern).
Method of verification: Viewing under a magnifying glass

Hologram

Location: Front
Characteristics: The hologram serves to protect the personalised data. It contains the regional coat-of-arms, the lettering "FÜHRERSCHEIN BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" and traffic symbols. The hologram overlaps with the personal photo
Method of verification: Viewing while moving the document

Laser engraving

Characteristics: The personal data is engraved irreversibly in different layers by a laser beam.
Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye

Security fibres

Location: Back
Characteristics: The security fibre, including microprint, ("FÜHRERSCHEIN (3 stars) BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND (3 traffic symbols) FÜHRERSCHEIN ") is incorporated into the substrate on one side.
Method of verification: Viewing under a magnifying glass

Variable Laser Image: CLI (Changeable Laser Image)

Location: Back
Characteristics: A lens structure is embossed into the surface of the card. Depending on the angle of vision, a fixed motif (3 traffic symbols) or individual alpha-numeric data (part of the driving licence number) is shown.
Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye while moving the document;the lens structure, which can be touched

Tactile Laser engraving

Location: Front
Characteristics: Lasering creates tactile areas on the surface (lines 1, 3 and 5).
Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye; by touch

Optically variable colour (OVF)

Location: Front
Characteristics: Traffic symbols printed in a special colour which results in varying colour reproduction, depending on angle of vision.
Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye, while moving the document

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

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

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