Article 1, Point (2) · Directive (EU) 2025/2206

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(2)in Article 2, the following points are added:

(15)“driving disqualification” means the cancellation, withdrawal, suspension or restriction of the right to drive of a driver of a power-driven vehicle, of his or her driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of his or her driving licence by virtue of a decision taken by a competent authority which has become enforceable, irrespective of whether that cancellation, withdrawal, suspension or restriction can be qualified as an administrative or criminal measure and irrespective of whether it constitutes a primary, secondary or supplementary penalty or a safety measure;

(16)“cancellation” means the invalidation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the driving licence, on administrative grounds such as not having fulfilled the criteria for obtaining a driving licence or having acquired the driving licence using fraudulent means, in accordance with the national law of the Member State invalidating the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the driving licence;

(17)“withdrawal” means the revocation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of the driving licence, because of the commission of an offence, in accordance with the national law of the Member State of the offence or, in cases where the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence is revoked for other reasons, of the Member State withdrawing the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence;

(18)“suspension” means the temporary limitation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of the driving licence, for a fixed period of time, or for a combination of a fixed period of time and until the fulfilment of complementary conditions, because of the commission of an offence, in accordance with the national law of the Member State of the offence or, in cases where the right to drive, the driving licence or the validity of the driving licence is temporarily limited for other reasons, of the Member State suspending the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence;

(19)“restriction” means the partial limitation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of the driving licence, either for a fixed period of time or until the fulfilment of complementary conditions, or for a combination of a fixed period of time and until the fulfilment of complementary conditions, because of the commission of an offence, in accordance with the national law of the Member State of the offence or, in cases where the right to drive, the driving licence or the validity of the driving licence is partially limited for other reasons, of the Member State restricting the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence;

(20)“complementary conditions” means conditions, other than the lapse of a fixed period of time, that a person subject to a driving disqualification either is required to comply with in order to recover the right to drive or his or her driving licence or to regain the recognition of the validity of his or her driving licence or can comply with in order to facilitate it;

(21)“Member State of the offence” means the Member State where the offence was committed;

(22)“Member State of issuance” means the Member State which issued the driving licence;

(23)“driving disqualification offence” means any of the following road-safety-related traffic offences:

(a)drink-driving as defined in Article 3, point (g), of Directive (EU) 2015/413 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note;

(b)driving under the influence of drugs as defined in Article 3, point (h), of Directive (EU) 2015/413;

(c)speeding as defined in Article 3, point (d), of Directive (EU) 2015/413;

(d)conduct which infringes road traffic regulations and which caused, with a power-driven vehicle, death or serious bodily injury of another person, as defined in the national law of the Member State of the offence.

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cancellation
means the invalidation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the driving licence, on administrative grounds such as not having fulfilled the criteria for obtaining a driving licence or having acquired the driving licence using fraudulent means, in accordance with the national law of the Member State invalidating the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the driving licence;
complementary conditions
means conditions, other than the lapse of a fixed period of time, that a person subject to a driving disqualification either is required to comply with in order to recover the right to drive or his or her driving licence or to regain the recognition of the validity of his or her driving licence or can comply with in order to facilitate it;
driving disqualification
means the cancellation, withdrawal, suspension or restriction of the right to drive of a driver of a power-driven vehicle, of his or her driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of his or her driving licence by virtue of a decision taken by a competent authority which has become enforceable, irrespective of whether that cancellation, withdrawal, suspension or restriction can be qualified as an administrative or criminal measure and irrespective of whether it constitutes a primary, secondary or supplementary penalty or a safety measure;
driving disqualification offence
means any of the following road-safety-related traffic offences:
Member State of issuance
means the Member State which issued the driving licence;
Member State of the offence
means the Member State where the offence was committed;
restriction
means the partial limitation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of the driving licence, either for a fixed period of time or until the fulfilment of complementary conditions, or for a combination of a fixed period of time and until the fulfilment of complementary conditions, because of the commission of an offence, in accordance with the national law of the Member State of the offence or, in cases where the right to drive, the driving licence or the validity of the driving licence is partially limited for other reasons, of the Member State restricting the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence;
suspension
means the temporary limitation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of the driving licence, for a fixed period of time, or for a combination of a fixed period of time and until the fulfilment of complementary conditions, because of the commission of an offence, in accordance with the national law of the Member State of the offence or, in cases where the right to drive, the driving licence or the validity of the driving licence is temporarily limited for other reasons, of the Member State suspending the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence;
withdrawal
means the revocation of the right to drive, of the driving licence or of the recognition of the validity of the driving licence, because of the commission of an offence, in accordance with the national law of the Member State of the offence or, in cases where the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence is revoked for other reasons, of the Member State withdrawing the right to drive, the driving licence or the recognition of the validity of the driving licence;