Judgment_paragraph 38 · IL v Regionalna direktsia ‘Avtomobilna administratsia’ Pleven (C-227/22)

38Although Directive 2006/126 provides only for a minimum degree of harmonisation of the national provisions relating to the conditions under which a driving licence may be issued, that directive does, however, bring about exhaustive harmonisation of documents proving the existence of a right to drive which must be recognised by the Member States pursuant to Article 2(1) thereof (see, to that effect, judgments of 26 October 2017, I, C‑195/16, EU:C:2017:815, paragraph 57, and of 29 April 2021, Stadt Pforzheim (Information on driving licence), C‑56/20, EU:C:2021:333, paragraph 42). As the Advocate General observed in point 63 of his Opinion, this means that a driving licence issued in accordance with Directive 2006/126 cannot exist side by side with any other national document fulfilling essentially the same function.

IL v Regionalna direktsia ‘Avtomobilna administratsia’ Pleven (C-227/22)

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