EU driving license
The hundreds of millions of drivers in the European Union will all have the same driving license from 2013. However, EU states are not obliged to provide their citizens with one until 2033. Currently there are around 110 different driving licenses being given out to Europeans. The risk of fraud is high, and the problem with “driving license tourism” is a serious one. EU governments will no longer be able to give out licenses for life, as the new law states.
The European Parliament has cleared the way for a new law harmonising EU driving licenses across the European Union, but the new license will not be obligatory until 2033.
European lawmakers meeting in Strasbourg voted overwhelmingly in favour of a common EU driving license on Thursday (14 December) that will replace the bloc’s current 110 driving licenses held by almost 200 million people - which range in shape, size, the length of time they are granted for and the ease with which they can be counterfeited.
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Administrator @ December 15, 2006