Article 27 — Amendments to Directive (EU) 2022/2561

Article 5 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 2, the following point is added: (c) from the age of 17, a vehicle in driving licence category C1, C1E or C, provided they hold a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1) for category C or as referred to in Article 6(2) for categories C1 and C1E and only under the conditions laid down in Article 17(2) and (3) of Directive (EU) 2025/2205 of the European Parliament and of the Council. (b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 3. Drivers of a vehicle intended for the carriage of passengers may drive from the age of 21 a vehicle in driving licence categories D and D + E, or a vehicle in driving licence categories D1 and D1 + E, provided that they hold a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1) or (2). To ensure safe driving, Member States may set up a monitoring scheme for drivers under the age of 23 holding a CPC as referred to in Article 6(2). If Member States require such drivers to attend periodic training courses on road-safety-related subjects before they reach the age of 23, in order to consolidate and confirm their competence in those subjects, such attendance shall count towards the requirement of attending 35 hours of periodic training courses every five years. Any Member State may authorise drivers of vehicles in driving licence categories D1 and D1 + E to drive such vehicles within its territory from the age of 18, provided that the driver holds a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1). Any Member State may authorise drivers of vehicles in driving licence categories D and D+E to drive such vehicles within its territory from the age of 20, provided that the driver holds a CPC as referred to in Article 6(1). This may be reduced to the age of 18 to drive such vehicles without passengers, or to carry passengers on regular services where the route does not exceed 50 kilometres..