Article 6 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2266

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Article 6Technical validity and validity management of mobile driving licences#

1.Issuing authorities may issue mobile driving licences with any technical validity period.Without prejudice to the administrative validity of the driving licence, upon the lapse of its technical validity period, the mobile driving licence shall expire.

2.Issuing authorities shall revoke a mobile driving licence which they issued with a technical validity period of more than one hour in at least the following circumstances:

(a)where the wallet unit attestation of a wallet unit to which a mobile driving licence was issued has been revoked;

(b)where another Member State or a third country has informed the Member State of issuance that the holder of the driving licence has either requested the exchange of her or his driving licence or was obliged to exchange it, and that Member State or third country has decided to exchange the driving licence;

(c)where another Member State has informed the Member State of issuance that the holder of the mobile driving licence has requested the replacement of her or his driving licence, and that Member State has decided to replace the driving licence;

(d)where the Member State of issuance has knowledge that the driving licence, the recognition of its validity, or the right to drive has been cancelled, withdrawn, suspended or restricted;

(e)where the Member State of issuance has been notified by another Member State of a confiscation in accordance with paragraph 3, first subparagraph.

3.The EU driving licence network shall enable the management of mobile driving licences in situations where the driving licence is to be confiscated by the relevant authorities of a Member State in accordance with its national legislation. The EU driving licence network shall provide for the possibility of users, explicitly authorised by the Member State where the driving licence is to be confiscated, to notify the Member State of issuance of such confiscations.Upon receiving a notification under the first subparagraph, the Member State of issuance shall:

(a)immediately take the steps to comply with the procedures prescribed under points (b), (c) and (d), including by revoking, as soon as possible, the current mobile driving licence, if issued with a technical validity period of more than one hour;

(b)inform the user of the current mobile driving licence that, if relevant, their current mobile driving licence has been revoked or will be soon revoked, and that a new mobile driving licence is available for issuance;

(c)upon request from the holder, issue a new mobile driving licence to the holder;

(d)include, in the namespace containing relevant information for implementing field 14 of the new mobile driving licence, as set out in Part D, point (5), of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2025/2205, and of all subsequent mobile driving licences it issues to the holder, the following sentence, in its own official language or in English:‘On [date of confiscation], confiscated in the territory of [EU distinguishing sign of the confiscating Member State]. Confiscation is in effect until [as notified by the confiscating Member State through the EU driving licence network].’.That sentence shall be included until the period specified therein has passed.

4.The procedure laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article shall be without prejudice to the national legislation of Member States on the confiscation of driving licences, in particular on the possibility to confiscate a physical driving licence instead of or together with the procedures set out in that paragraph, and without prejudice to the procedures laid down in Articles 15a to 15g of Directive (EU) 2025/2205.