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European Commission orders Lithuania to update driving licences
Danuta Pavilenene, BC, Vilnius, 27.01.2012.
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Print versionThe European Commission (EC) has today asked Denmark, Lithuania, the United Kingdom and Portugal to adapt their national legislation on driving licences so as to ensure that EU rules can be applicable as of January 2013, egovmonitor.com reports.
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If the four countries fail to inform the Commission within two months of measures taken to ensure full compliance with the Directive, the Commission could refer the case to the European Court of Justice, writes LETA/ELTA.
Directive 2006/126/EC updates Directive 91/439/EC on driving licences, by for example introducing new driving licence categories and a harmonised period of validity of the driving licence document. These new rules will help to reduce possibilities of fraud, guarantee a true freedom of movement for EU drivers and reinforce safety on European roads.
Denmark, Lithuania, the United Kingdom and Portugal still have not fully transposed this Directive into national law, although they were required to do so by 19 January 2011.
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