Physical description
Size: 86 x 54 mm
Format: ID 1
Material: Multi-layered polycarbonate
Colour: Pink/green
Security features
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 inks 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
Whitener-free body of card
- Characteristics: The body of card consists of 100% multi-layered, whitener-free polycarbonate.
Volume hologram
- Location: Front
- Characteristics: The volume hologram serves to protect the personalised data. It contains the regional coat of arms, the lettering "FÜHRERSCHEIN BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND", traffic symbols and UV elements. The volume hologram overlaps with the personal photo. The country identifier "D" appears to stand out from the page, surrounded by a rotating circle of stars.
- Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye while moving the document
Laser engraving
- Characteristics: The personal data is engraved irreversibly in various layers by a laser beam.
- Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye
Security thread
- Location: Back
- Characteristics: The security thread is incorporated into the substrate on one side including microprint ("FÜHRERSCHEIN (3 stars) BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND (3 traffic symbols) FÜHRERSCHEIN").
- 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) appear.
- Method of verification: Viewing 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: "FÜHRERSCHEIN" is printed in a special ink which, depending on the angle of vision, results in colours being reproduced differently.
- 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
Categories
For more information on the corresponding categories, please check the Commission decision on equivalence.
|
Category |
Period of validity* |
|---|---|
|
AM, A1, A2, A, B, BE, L, T (vgl. § 23 Abs. 1 S.1 FeV |
15 years |
|
C1, C1E |
above 50: 5 years |
|
D1, D1E |
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 |
|---|---|
|
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, if 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 to have a maximum speed of up to 25 km/h, and 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 with a maximum speed of up to 40 km/h, which are designed for agriculture or forestry and used for such purposes (any of these vehicles may also have a trailer). |
Codes
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National codes |
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See EU driving licence handbook, 2005 edition, on model D6. The entries are unconditionally valid. |
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Professional drivers
- Certificate of professional competence is issued : NO
- Code 95 is marked on the driving licence : NO