Domestic Driving Permits & International Driving Permits

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Transport Division

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Transport Division

Rebecca Huang, Transport Facilitation and Economics Section

WP1, 67th Session, New Delhi, 5 December 2013

Domestic Driving Permits & International Driving Permits

Jean-Claude Schneuwly

Slide 2 2 UNECE - Transport Division

To give you a better appreciation of ... 1. Driving permits-related

provisions in the 1949 and 1968 Conventions on Road Traffic (ie Contracting Parties' obligations)

2. Model domestic driving permits (DDPs) and international driving permits (IDPs) prescribed in the legislation (Contracting Parties' obligations)

3. Issues related to DDPs and IDPs

Presentation Objectives



http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/legalinst.html



Genuine or fraudulent?



Genuine or fraudulent?



Who can issue a Domestic Driving Permit (DDP) ?

1949 Convention on Road Traffic 1968 Convention on Road Traffic

Article 24, para 1 "…issued…by the competent authority of [a] Contracting State or subdivision thereof, or by an association duly empowered by such authority…"

Article 41, para 2(a) "…issued…by [a] Contracting Party or subdvision thereof or by an association duly empowered thereto by such…Contracting Party or one of its subdivisions."



1949 Convention on Road Traffic 1968 Convention on Road Traffic

Article 24, para 3 "…delivered by the competent authority of a Contracting State or subdivision thereof, or by a duly authorized association…"

Article 41, paras 2(a) and 5 "2(a)…issued…by [a] Contracting Party or subdvision thereof or by an association duly empowered thereto by such…Contracting Party or one of its subdivisions. "5… An international driving permit shall only be issued by the Contracting Party in whose territory the holder has his normal residence and which issued the domestic driving permit or which recognized the driving permit issued by another Contracting Party…"

Who can issue an International Driving Permit (IDP) ?



1949 Convention on Road Traffic:

95 Contracting Parties



1968 Convention on Road Traffic:

72 Contracting Parties



What information should a model DDP (per 1968 Convention) contain?

Annex 6 of the 1968 Convention • On the front side, have the title "Driving Permit" in the domestic language of the country issuing the permit as well as

the name and/or distinguishing sign of the country which issued the permit • It is compulsory to indicate in the permit the data corresponding to the following exact numbers:

1. Family name 2. Given name, other names 3. Date and place of birth 4.(a) Date of issue 4.(b) Expiry date 4.(c) Name or stamp of the authority which issued the permit 5. Number of the permit 6. Photograph of the holder 7. Signature of the holder 9. Categories (and subcatgories) of vehicles for which the permit is valid 12. Addition information or limitations for each category (and subcategory) of vehicles in coded form

• The information relating to numbers 1 to 7 should preferable be on the same side of the permit. • All entries on the permit shall be made only in Latin characters . If other characters are used, the entries shall also

transliterated into the Latin alphabet. • The spaces for other data relating to numbers 8 to 14 (additional information required by domestic legislation) should

be set by domestic legislation. • From 29 March 2011 onwards, for the issue of new DDPs, the categories (and subcategories) of vehicles for which the

permit is valid shall be represented in pictograms (see next slide). DDPs issued prior to 29 March 2011 without pictograms continue to be recognized as long as they remain valid.



ANNEX 6 DOMESTIC DRIVING PERMIT, Clauses 8 and 9 The categories of vehicles for which the driving permit may be valid are the following: A. Motorcycles;

B. Motor vehicles, other than those in category A, having a permissible maximum mass not exceeding 3,500 kg and not more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg but does not exceed the unladen mass of the motor vehicle, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles so coupled does not exceed 3,500 kg; C. Motor vehicles, other than those in category D, having a permissible maximum mass exceeding 3,500 kg; or motor vehicles of category C coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg; D. Motor vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat; or motor vehicles of category D coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which does not exceed 750 kg; BE. Motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg and exceeds the unladen mass of the motor vehicle; or motor vehicles of category B coupled to a trailer the permissible maximum mass of which exceeds 750 kg, where the combined permissible maximum mass of the vehicles so coupled exceeds 3,500 kg; ….. (and so on)

Categories of vehicles for which the DDP may be valid (1968 Convention on Road Traffic)



Model DDP per 1949 Convention (outside pages printed on PINK paper)



Model DDP per 1949 Convention (inside pages/underside on PINK paper)



Belgian IDP per Annex 7 of the 1968 Convention

GREY front cover (outside) GREY front cover (inside) One of the WHITE middle pages (National Language example)



Belgian IDP per Annex 7 of the 1968 Convention

One of the WHITE middle pages (English example) GREY last two pages in French



Model IDP per Annex 10 of the 1949 Convention (GREY Cover and Inside Cover, WHITE Middle Pages)

ENGLISH example



Model IDP per Annex 10 of the 1949 Convention (Parts I and II of the Last Page to be in FRENCH and on GREY PAPER)



Issues related to DDPs and IDPs

1. Limitations of current IDP (per 1968 and 1949 Conventions) • Easily copied and altered (difficult for law enforcement

authorities to detect fraudulent permits from genuine permits)

• No register or directory of national motor vehicle agency addresses for the inquiry and exchange of information to verify the validity of a presented IDP

• Suspension or cancellation of DDP should result in an automatic cancellation of the IDP (not presently facilitated by the current system)

2. Non Contracting Parties issuing IDPs

3. Model IDP (Annex 10) per 1949 Convention has not been updated (like 1968 Convention)

• Text only, no pictograms

4. Model DDP (Annex 9) per 1949 Convention has not been updated to keep up with modern times (like 1968 Conv)

• Paper • Text only, no pictograms

Under both Conventions, Contracting Parties are

obliged to communicate the middle pages of the different

languages to the UN Secretary-General



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