The measure taken by the Member State of issuance should vary depending on the specific nature of the driving disqualification. Given that withdrawals, suspensions or restrictions necessarily have different consequences, they require different procedures to be implemented in compliance with the competences of the Member States involved. As regards a withdrawal, the person subject to a driving disqualification should be able to recover his or her driving licence or to apply for a new driving licence in accordance with Directive (EU) 2025/2205. Where the possibility of a withdrawal is not provided for in the Member State of issuance, the Member State of issuance should suspend the driving licence, assess the fitness or competence to drive of the holder of that driving licence and take any measure deemed appropriate following that assessment. As regards a suspension or restriction, it should be ensured that only the duration of such measures is implemented, even where the driving disqualification provides for complementary conditions, because the primary goal of that suspension or restriction is to temporarily or partially prevent the person subject to the driving disqualification from driving and not to determine how that person should recover his or her driving licence. However, this should be without prejudice to the right to assess whether the person subject to the driving disqualification poses a risk to road safety and to adopt measures to reflect such assessment.
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