Chapter VI
in forceDriving proficiency and driving entitlement
Section 1
Obligation to hold a driving licence
A driving licence for driving motor vehicles of the category to which that motor vehicle belongs must have been issued to the driver of a motor…
Article 107 does not apply to directors of:
Motor vehicles may only be driven by persons who have reached a minimum age established by order in council.
Section 2
Requirements regarding the provision of driving instruction
Requirements shall be established by Order in Council with regard to motor vehicles with which:
It is prohibited for a person who provides driving instruction within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle Driving Instruction Act 1993 (Wet…
Section 3
General terms and conditions regarding the acquisition of driving licences
A driving licence shall be issued, upon application and against payment of the fee established for that purpose, only to a person who:
If a driving licence for driving licence category B is applied for by an applicant who, at the time of the application, has not yet reached the…
Further rules shall be established by Order in Council with which the supervisor must comply during the supervision. These rules may only concern the…
Without prejudice to Article 111, a driving licence shall not be issued to a person:
Section 4
Application for driving licences
The application for a driving licence shall be made in accordance with rules established by order in council.
It is prohibited to intentionally provide incorrect statements, to provide incorrect information, and to submit incorrect supporting documents and…
The person charged with the issuance of driving licences, who, in the context of an application for or the issuance of a new driving licence or a…
Section 5
Issuance of driving licences
A driving licence shall be issued in accordance with rules established by Order in Council by the mayor of the municipality where the applicant, at…
The mayor of the municipality where the applicant was registered as a resident with an address in the Personal Records Database at the time of the…
A driving licence shall be issued for the operation of one or more categories of motor vehicles specified in that licence.
The date of issue stated on the driving licence and in the driving licence register shall be the date on which the decision to issue the document was…
The person charged with the issuance of driving licences shall issue a new driving licence in accordance with rules established by order in council:
The person charged with the issuance of driving licences shall issue a replacement driving licence in the cases specified by order in council, in…
The new or replacement driving licence shall not be issued if, between the application and the issuance, one of the cases referred to in Article 112…
Municipalities shall owe to the Road Transport Agency (Dienst Wegverkeer) a fee, as determined by the Road Transport Agency, in respect of the…
Section 6
Period of validity
With due observance of Articles 123, 123a and 123b, the period of validity of the driving licence shall be determined by Order in Council.
Section 7
Loss of validity
Without prejudice to Articles 122 and 131, paragraph 2, a driving licence loses its validity:
A new or replacement driving licence shall lose its validity if it has not been issued three months after the date on which the decision to issue it…
Without prejudice to Articles 123, paragraph 1, and 123a, a driving licence shall lose its validity for all categories for which it has been issued…
Without prejudice to Articles 132, paragraph 2, and 134, paragraph 4, a driving licence shall be declared invalid in accordance with rules…
A certificate of professional competence or a certificate of periodic training stated on the driving licence in accordance with Article 151g…
If the driving licence has not been declared invalid for all categories for which it was issued, or if the declaration of invalidity relates to only…
Section 8
Registration of data relating to driving licences
For the purposes of this Section, a public body shall be understood to mean an administrative authority as referred to in Article 1:1, paragraph 1…
There is a driving licence register. The Netherlands Vehicle Authority (Dienst Wegverkeer) is the administrator and controller of the driving licence…
The Netherlands Vehicle Authority (Dienst Wegverkeer) shall provide data from the driving licence register to public authorities, including personal…
The provision of data to recipients as referred to in Article 127 shall take place in a manner determined by the Netherlands Vehicle Authority…
The government bodies referred to in Article 127, paragraph 1, are, insofar as determined by Order in Council, authorised as processors to enter…
Section 8a
Registration of data in connection with the imposition of an alcohol interlock programme
Section 9
Measures regarding driving ability and fitness
If the persons designated by general administrative order have reason to suspect that the holder of a driving licence no longer possesses the driving…
If a written notification as referred to in Article 130, paragraph 1, has been made, the CBR shall, in the cases specified by ministerial regulation…
Subject to the exceptions established by Order in Council, any person is obliged to cooperate with the imposed measure who:
In the cases referred to in Article 131, paragraph 1, preamble and point (a), the CBR shall, in the decision referred to in that article, impose upon…
In the cases referred to in Article 131, paragraph 1, preamble and part b, the CBR shall, in the decision referred to in that article, impose upon…
The CBR shall determine the result of the examination as soon as possible, but no later than four weeks after receipt of the findings of the expert…
Insofar as this is necessary for the application of this section, the CBR shall process personal data concerning a person's driving ability and…
Section 10