Article 22 — Mutual assistance and EU driving licence network

1. Member States shall assist one another in the implementation of this Directive. They shall exchange information on the driving licences they have issued, exchanged, replaced, renewed, restricted, suspended, withdrawn, cancelled or revoked, and on the driving disqualifications they have imposed or, where relevant, they plan to enact, and shall consult each other when there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an applicant for a driving licence is subject to a driving disqualification in another Member State. They shall use the EU driving licence network for the exchange of information. 2. Member States may also use the EU driving licence network for the exchange of information for the following purposes: (a) to enable their authorities to verify the validity and authenticity of a driving licence, in particular during roadside checks, during investigations or as part of anti-forgery measures; (b) to facilitate investigations in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/413; (c) to enforce Directive (EU) 2022/2561, and to verify the validity and authenticity of a driving licence when enforcing Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council or Regulation (EU) No 165/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. 3. Access to the EU driving licence network shall be secure. The EU driving licence network shall provide for both synchronous, that is to say real time, and asynchronous exchange of information, and for the sending and receiving of secured messages, notifications and attachments. Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the information exchanged through the EU driving licence network is up-to-date. Member States shall grant access to the EU driving licence network only to the authorities competent for the purposes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. 4. Member States shall also assist each other in the implementation of the mobile driving licence, in particular to guarantee seamless interoperability between the applications and verification features referred to in Annex I, Part C. 5. The Commission shall adopt by 6 June 2026 implementing acts laying down a common set of rules governing the operation of the EU driving licence network, including the detailed operational, interface and technical requirements. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 26(2). 6. Member States may cooperate in the enforcement of any cancellation, withdrawal, suspension or any restriction, of the right to drive or a driving licence, or of the recognition of the driving licence’s validity, in particular where the relevant measures are limited to certain driving licence categories or to the territories of certain Member States, in particular through endorsements on the driving licences they have issued.