Security features
Watermark
- Location: Centre of the document
- Characteristics: Oval with the sign PL located in the centre
- Method of verification: Viewing under light
Embossing on the edges of the document
- Location: Edges of the document
- Characteristics: Specific bonding pattern on the edges of the document
- Method of verification: Magnification
Microprinting
- Location: Blue background underneath the PL sign
- Characteristics: Words - Prawo jazdy Rzeczpospolita
- Method of verification: Magnification
Guilloche background
- Location: Pink background of the driving licence
- Method of verification: Magnification
Hologram
- Location: Evenly along the entire length of the driving licence
- Characteristics: A sign of the eagle in a circle, the letters RP, wavy lines
- Method of verification: Changing the viewing angle
Optically variable elements
- Location: Back of the document
- Characteristics: Microprint "Polska Prawo Jazdy", the letters PL in an oval.
- Method of verification: Changing the viewing angle
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* |
|---|---|
|
A1, A, B, BE, B1, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE, (T) |
indefinite |
*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 |
|---|---|
|
T |
Agricultural tractors |
Codes
|
National codes |
Description |
|---|---|
|
101 |
Additional marking of the vehicle is required |
|
102 |
Exchange of a C category licence obtained before 1 July 1999 without having a B category licence |
|
103 |
Exchange of a D category licence obtained before 1 July 1999 without having a B category licence |
|
104 |
Exchange of an M category licence limited to driving low-speed vehicles only |
|
105 |
Exchange of a trolleybus category licence limited to driving trolleybuses only |
|
106 |
Prohibition on having a B category licence while having a C1, C, D1 or D category licence |
|
107 |
Required adaptation of the vehicle to the type of disease. |
Professional drivers
- Certificate of professional competence is issued : NO
- Code 95 is marked on the driving licence : NO