Annex 6 Domestic Driving Permit

A domestic driving permit shall take the form of a document.

The permit may be made of plastic or paper. The preferred format for the plastic permit shall be 54 x 86 mm in size. The preferred colour of the permit shall be pink; the print and spaces for the entries to be made shall be defined by domestic legislation subject to the provisions of paragraphs 6 and 7.

On the front side of the permit is the title ‘Driving Permit’ in the domestic language (domestic languages) of the country issuing the permit, as well as the name and/or the distinguishing sign of the country which issued the permit.

It is compulsory to indicate in the permit the data listed under the numbers given below:

1. Family name;

2. Given name, other names;

3. Date and place of birth1);

4. a) Date of issue;

4. b) Expiry date;

4. c) Name or stamp of the authority which issued the permit;

5. Number of the permit;

6. Photograph of the holder;

7. Signature of the holder;

9. Categories (subcategories) of vehicles for which the permit is valid;

12. Additional information or limitations for each category (subcategory) of vehicles in coded form.

If additional information is required by domestic legislation, it shall be entered on the driving permit under the numbers given below:

4. d) Identification number for the purposes of registration, other than the number under 5 of paragraph 4;

8. Place of normal residence;

10. Date of issue for each category (subcategory) of vehicles;

11. Expiry date for each category (subcategory) of vehicles;

13. Information for purposes of registration in the case of a change in country of normal residence;

14. Information for purposes of registration or other information related to road traffic safety.

All the entries on the permit shall be made only in Latin characters. If other characters are used, the entries shall also be transliterated into the Latin alphabet.

The information under numbers 1–7 in paragraphs 4 and 5 should preferably be on the same side of the permit. The spaces for other data under numbers 8–14 in paragraphs 4 and 5 should be set by domestic legislation. Domestic legislation may also allocate a space on the permit for the inclusion of electronically stored information.

The categories of vehicles for which the driving permit may be valid are the following:

A. Motorcycles;

B. Motor vehicles, other than those in category A, having a permissible maximum mass not exceeding 3,500 kg and not more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed the unladen mass of the motor vehicle, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles so coupled does not exceed 3,500 kg;

C. Motor vehicles, other than those in category D, having a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,500 kg; or motor vehicles of category C coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg;

D. Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat; or motor vehicles of category D coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg;

BE. Motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg and exceeds the unladen mass of the motor vehicle; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles so coupled exceeds 3,500 kg;

CE. Motor vehicles of category C coupled to a trailer whose permissible maximum mass exceeds 750 kg;

DE. Motor vehicles of category D coupled to a trailer whose permissible maximum mass exceeds 750 kg.

Under categories A, B, C, CE, D and DE, domestic legislation may introduce the following subcategories of vehicles for which the driving permit may be valid:

A1. Motorcycles with a cubic capacity not exceeding 125 cm³ and a power not exceeding 11 kW (light motorcycles);

B1. Motor tricycles and quadricycles;

C1. Motor vehicles, with the exception of those in category D, the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 3,500 kg but does not exceed 7,500 kg; or motor vehicles of subcategory C1 coupled to a trailer, the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg;

D1. Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than 8 seats in addition to the driver's seat but not more than 16 seats in addition to the driver's seat; or motor vehicles of subcategory D1 coupled to a trailer, the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg;

C1E. Motor vehicles of subcategory C1 coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed the unladen mass of the motor vehicle, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles so coupled does not exceed 12,000 kg;

D1E. Motor vehicles of subcategory D1 coupled to a trailer, not used for the carriage of persons, the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed the unladen mass of the motor vehicle, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles so coupled does not exceed 12,000 kg.

Domestic legislation may introduce categories and subcategories of vehicle other than those listed above. The designations of such categories and subcategories should not resemble the symbols used in the Convention to designate categories and subcategories of vehicles; another type of print should also be used.

The categories (subcategories) of vehicles for which the permit is valid shall be represented by the pictograms in the table below.