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- 1. Driving licences shall be issued only to applicants who me…
- 2. The duration of the administrative validity of driving lic…
- 3. The renewal of driving licences upon the expiry of their a…
- 4. Without prejudice to national criminal laws and policing l…
- 5. No person may hold more than one driving licence. A mobile…
- 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in ac…
5.No person may hold more than one driving licence. A mobile driving licence may, however, be simultaneously displayed on more than one electronic device.A Member State shall refuse to issue a driving licence if the applicant already holds a driving licence issued by another Member State.Member States shall take the measures necessary to apply the second subparagraph. The measures necessary as regards the issuing, replacement, renewal or exchange of a driving licence shall, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the applicant is already the holder of another driving licence, include verifying with other Member States whether the applicant is the holder of another driving licence. To that end, Member States shall use the EU driving licence network.Without prejudice to Article 3(6), a Member State issuing a driving licence shall apply due diligence to ensure that a person fulfils the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, and shall apply its national provisions on the cancellation of the driving licence or of the right to drive if it is established that a given driving licence has been issued without those requirements having been met.
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