Driving licence: EU approves geographical extension of withdrawals in case of serious accident

In the future, particularly serious traffic violations will be punished throughout the EU. Parliament and the 27 member states agreed on this.

The country which issued the offender's licence will have to apply the prohibition throughout the EU.

On Tuesday, the European Union approved a geographical extension of driving licence withdrawals. Previously, a withdrawal in a foreign country did not apply elsewhere.

Under the new rules, the prohibitions or restrictions imposed by a Member State on a driver in the event of a serious road accident will also apply in the country where the driving licence was issued. The country which issued the licence will then have to apply the ban throughout the EU. Currently, if a driver ...

A serious traffic violation can soon result in a ban on driving in all EU countries, which was agreed by Parliament and the Member States.

Under current law, EU countries that have not issued a driving licence may impose driving bans only on their own territory.The new regulation now obliges the issuing State, subject to certain conditions, to adopt an imposed driving ban and enforce it across the EU.Agreement still needs to be formally confirmedThe new regulation should apply in particular to serious infringements such as drunken driving, significant speed violations or fatal acci…