Article 13 — Exchange and replacement of driving licences issued by Member States

1. Where the holder of a valid driving licence issued by one Member State has taken up normal residence in another Member State, the holder may request from the Member State of normal residence that that holder’s driving licence be exchanged for an equivalent driving licence. The Member State requested to perform the exchange shall check in respect of which category or categories the driving licence the exchange of which is requested is still valid. 2. Subject to the principle of territoriality of criminal laws and policing laws, the Member State of normal residence may apply its national provisions on the cancellation, withdrawal, suspension or restriction of the right to drive of the holder of a driving licence issued by another Member State and, if necessary, may exchange the driving licence for that purpose. 3. The Member State exchanging a physical driving licence shall return the old driving licence to the authorities of the Member State of issuance, and give the reasons for the exchange. The Member State exchanging a mobile driving licence shall inform the authorities of the Member State of issuance and give the reasons for the exchange. The Member State of issuance shall ensure that the previous mobile driving licence can no longer be displayed through the electronic device used for this purpose by the holder of the driving licence. The Member States shall use the EU driving licence network for communication purposes. 4. Replacements for physical driving licences which have been damaged, lost or stolen, and replacements for physical or mobile driving licences of which a fraudulent use was made, may be obtained only from the competent authorities of the Member State in which the holder of the driving licence has his or her normal residence, or of the Member State of issuance if Article 20(3) is applied. Those authorities shall provide the replacement on the basis of the information in their possession or, where appropriate, on the basis of proof from the competent authorities of the Member State of issuance of the original driving licence. If a driving licence was replaced by a Member State other than the Member State of issuance and the replaced driving licence is still in the possession of, or can be displayed by, the holder of the driving licence in question, the procedures set out in paragraph 3 shall apply.