Physical description
Size: 85 x 84 mm
Material: Polycarbonate
Colour: Pink
Distinctive features: English
Security features
Holographic Feature
- Location: Front of Photo Card licence.
- Characteristics: This feature contains a steering wheel, road and speedometer, in which the needle appears to move when the card is held along the short edges and titled back and forth.
- Method of verification: Tilting the licence back and forth at various angles.
Raised Lettering
- Location: Front of Photo Card licence.
- Characteristics: Surname, category entitlement and date in the bottom left hand corner of the photo contains raised lettering.
- Method of verification: This can be felt when a finger is run across the card and can be seen when viewed at an angle.
Optically Variable Ink
- Location: Front of photo card driving licence – Right hand side of the card.
- Characteristics: The wheel image illustrated is produced with colour changing ink. The achieved effect is that the ink changes from green to gold when tilted on either axis.
- Method of verification: When the card is tilted colour change is clearly visible.
Raised Surface Pattern
- Location: Front of photo card driving licence.
- Characteristics: Raised tactile pattern and text positioned horizontally across the centre of the card and EU flag.
- Method of verification: This can be felt when a finger is run across the card and can be seen when viewed at an angle.
Changing images
- Location: Back of Photo Card Licence – In the lower left corner.
- Characteristics: Within the egg shaped lens, two different images can be seen when viewed at different angles. The images are of the card holder changing to the month and year of card expiry.
- Method of verification: Tilting the licence back and forth at various angles.
Raised surface pattern
- Location: Back of photo card driving licence.
- Characteristics: Raised tactile pattern positioned horizontally across the centre of the card.
- Method of verification: This can be felt when a finger is run across the card and can be seen when viewed at an angle.
Unique Number
- Location: Back of photo card driving licence – bottom right hand corner.
- Characteristics: This number is a 10 digit alphanumeric character set and is unique to every card.
- Method of verification: Clearly visible.
Driving licence legend
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, Decision 2014/209/EU .
|
Category |
Period of validity* |
|---|---|
|
A1,A,AM,B1,B,BE |
Until 70: photo update required every 15 years; above 70: 3 years |
|
C1,C1E,C,CE,D1,D1E,D,DE |
Until 70: 5 years above 70: 3 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 |
|---|---|
|
F |
Motor vehicles designed, constructed and used for the purpose of trench digging or any kind of excavation or shovelling work |
|
G |
Motor vehicles designed and constructed as mobile cranes |
|
H |
Road rollers |
|
I |
Motor vehicles of any description not included in categories A to D and F to H |
|
J |
Motor vehicles categories F weight exceeding 750 kg |
|
K |
Motor vehicles of categories F to J towing a trailer with a laden weight exceeding 750 kg. |
Professional drivers
- Certificate of professional competence is issued : YES
- Code 95 is marked on the driving licence : YES