Article 15, Paragraph 4. · Directive (EU) 2025/2205

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4.Where a driving licence issued by a Member State was exchanged for a driving licence of a third country, Member States shall not require the fulfilment of any additional conditions other than those set out in Article 10(3), point (a), or record any additional information for exchanging that third-country driving licence, as regards the categories of the initial driving licence.In the situation referred to in the first subparagraph, where an applicant requests to exchange a driving licence that is also valid for categories concerning which the applicant acquired the right to drive in a third country, the following rules shall apply:

(a)if the driving licence was issued for a category and by a third country that has been the subject of an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 7, paragraph 3 shall apply;

(b)in the absence of an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 7, paragraph 2 shall apply.