32025L2205#art_5Directive (EU) 2025/2205 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Article 5 — Mobile driving licences

1. Member States shall issue mobile driving licences based on the Union standard specifications laid down in Annex I, Part C. 2. Each Member State shall ensure that the mobile driving licences it issues are retrievable electronically free of charge by the persons holding them. Mobile driving licences shall be issued to holders to be used with European Digital Identity Wallets as electronic attestations of attributes, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. 3. Member States shall ensure that mobile driving licences do not contain data in addition to those referred to in Annex I, Part D, and that personal data other than those necessary for the verification of the driving rights of the holder are not processed by the verifier for the purpose of verification. 4. Member States shall ensure that the personal data necessary for the verification of the driving rights of the holder of the mobile driving licence are not retained by the verifier, unless such retention is authorised by Union or national law. 5. Member States shall communicate to the Commission a list of issuers of mobile driving licences, and shall keep that list up to date. The Commission shall make those lists available to the public through a secure channel and in an electronically signed or sealed form suitable for automated processing. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 25, to amend Annex I, Part C, where necessary in order to take account of technical, operational or scientific developments. 7. By 26 November 2026, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down detailed provisions concerning the visual appearance, interoperability, testing, data and record updating standards and security of mobile driving licences, organisational measures for the processing and protection of personal data, and the technical and security standards for the exchange of mobile driving licences and the trusted lists of trusted issuers for verifying mobile driving licences, including verification features and the interface with national systems. The Commission shall, to the extent possible, take into account the general framework and technical specifications necessary for the recognition of those driving licences by third country authorities. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 26(2).

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