Security features
Ghost photo
- Location: Bottom right side of the driving licence, above the translucent MLI protection
- Characteristics: Black and white reduced copy of the colour photo of the driving licence holder
- Method of verification: Comparison
Wave in the form of PESEL number
- Location: On the bottom left side of the colour photo
- Characteristics: PESEL number (the same as in item 4d) in the form of a wave moving from the background of the document to the colour photo of the driving licence holder
- Method of verification: Comparison with point 4d
Hologram
- Location: In the bottom right corner of the colour photo, overlapping digits 7 and 8
- Characteristics: Hologram located in the bottom right corner of the colour photo of the driving licence holder, overlapping the background of the driving license and digits 7 and 8, changing its visibility at different viewing angles, containing a drawing of a road, an emblem in the form of an eagle and EU stars
- Method of verification: Change of the viewing angle
Background with a rainbow pattern
- Location: On the entire surface of the front and back side of the licence
- Characteristics: Unique pattern of the background picture on both sides of the document
- Method of verification: Magnification
Colour photo of the holder
- Location: On the left side of the licence
- Method of verification:
- Viewing with the naked eye
Negative and positive microprinting
- Location: Front of the licence underneath the inscription DRIVING LICENCE and a line with the inscription underneath the photo
- Characteristics: The words "Driving licence" and "Republic of Poland" and the words "driving licence" in various national languages
- Method of verification: Magnification
MLI protection
- Location: In the bottom right corner of the front of the licence and the bottom left corner of the back
- Characteristics: A transparent window containing the marking PL and the repeated licence validity date
- Method of verification: Viewing under light and changing the viewing angle
Elements printed with colour-variable paint
- Location: Top right corner of the front of the licence
- Method of verification: Changing the viewing angle
Embossing on front of the driving licence
- Location: On the entire surface of the front side of the driving licence
- Characteristics: Wavy lines embossed on the colour photo of the driving licence holder, wavy lines in the shape of the map of Poland embossed on the front side of the licence and waved embossing along the entire front side of the licence in the form of a line containing "REPUBLIC OF POLAND" in microprint
- Method of verification: Changing the viewing angle, touch, magnification
Engraved surname of the holder and licence categories
- Location: Items 1 and 9 on the front of the licence
- Method of verification: Visual, touch
Guilloche background
- Location: Both sides of the driving licence
- Method of verification: Viewing with the naked eye
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.
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National category |
Description of national category |
|---|---|
|
T |
Agricultural tractors |
*This refers to the administrative validity of the document and does not necessarily reflect the holder’s right to drive.
Codes
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National codes |
Description |
|---|---|
|
101 |
Additional marking of the vehicle is required |
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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 : YES