Article 9 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2266

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Article 9Minimum technical, security and operational interoperability specifications for exchanging mobile driving licences issued by third countries#

1.Notwithstanding laws regulating the recognition and exchange of driving licences issued by third countries, where a Member State provides for the exchange of a physical driving licence issued by a third country, the Member State shall also inquire whether the holder of the physical driving licence also holds the driving licence in a mobile format.Where the holder of the physical driving licence issued by the third country also holds the driving licence in a mobile format, the exchanging Member State shall take both the following steps:

(a)request the third country to revoke the mobile driving licence being exchanged, and to no longer issue the exchanged mobile driving licence to the holder;

(b)register the fact that the exchanged driving licence was available in a mobile format in the exchanging Member State’s national driving licence register, for the purpose of disclosing that information through the EU driving licence network.

2.Notwithstanding laws regulating the recognition and exchange of driving licences issued by third countries, where a Member State provides for the exchange of a mobile driving licence issued by a third country that does not have a physical format, the Member State may consider the mobile driving licence surrendered within the meaning of Article 15(5) of Directive (EU) 2025/2205 if all of the following criteria are fulfilled:

(a)the third country which issued the mobile driving licence undertakes to provide for a stable and trusted manner of communication with the Member State performing the exchange;

(b)the third country which issued the mobile driving licence provides trustworthy and verifiable information to the Member State performing the exchange on the formats in which the holder holds their driving licence;

(c)the third country which issued the mobile driving licence provides the possibility for the Member State performing the exchange to notify the third country about the exchange of the mobile driving licence in a trusted and verifiable manner, should the Member State decide to inform them;

(d)the third country which issued the mobile driving licence undertakes, at the request of the Member State performing the exchange, to no longer issue the exchanged mobile driving licence to the holder and to revoke it within a reasonable timeframe, and in a verifiable and irrevocable manner.