Driving licence classes from 19.01.2013 - valid throughout the EU
Class
(included classes) | Type of vehicle | further conditions | Minimum age* |
|---|
A
(AM, A 1, A2) | Motorbikes | - Motorbikes (unlimited):
2 years previous possession A2; for direct entry: minimum age 24 - three-wheeled motor vehicles over 15 kW (minimum age: 21)
| 20 |
A 2
(AM, A1) | Motorbikes | - Motorbikes (limited):
up to 35 kW and up to 0.2 kW power per kilogramme
| 18 |
A 1
(AM) | Motorbikes | - Light motorbikes:
Up to 125 cc engine capacity; up to 11 kW power and up to 0.1 kW power per kilogramme - three-wheeled motor vehicles with a power of up to 15 kW
| 16 |
| AM | Motorbikes | - Two-wheeled mopeds, bicycles with auxiliary motor
- Three-wheeled mopeds, four-wheeled light motor vehicles up to 350 kg
(excluding weight of batteries for electric vehicles) up to 45 km/h, up to 50 ccm (petrol), up to 4 kW (diesel, electric)
| 16 |
B
(AM, L) | Passenger car | Four-wheeled motor vehicles up to 3,500 kg, for the transport of up to 8 persons (+ driver).
- with trailer up to 750 kg => combination up to 4.250 kg
- with trailer over 750 kg => combination up to 3.500 kg
- B 96: with trailer over 750 kg => combination up to 4,250 kg
- BE: with trailer up to 3,500 kg => combination up to 7,000 kg
| 18
(17)
|
C
(C 1) | Lorry | more than 3,500 kg, for the transport of up to 8 persons (+ driver) + trailer up to 750 kg, previous possession class B
- Time limit 5 years each (medical and ophthalmological examination)
| 21
(18) |
| C 1 | Lorry | up to 7,500 kg, for the transport of up to 8 persons (+ driver) + trailer up to 750 kg, previous possession class B
- Limited to 5 years from the age of 50 (medical and ophthalmological examination).
| 18 |
D
(D 1) | Buses | for the transport of more than 8 persons (+ driver) +trailer up to 750 kg, previous possession class B
- Time limit 5 years each (medical and ophthalmological examination)
| 24
(23, 21, 20, 18) |
| D 1 | Buses | for the transport of 9 to 16 persons (+ driver) + trailer up to 750 kg, length up to 8 m, previous possession class B
- Time limit 5 years each (medical and ophthalmological examination)
| 21
(18) |
| E | Trailer | Motor vehicles with trailers over 750 kg (exceptions see class B above).
This results in the categories BE, CE, C1E, DE, D1E.
- Previous possession of the underlying class B, C, C1, D or D1.
- Class C1E: towing vehicle class B + trailer over 3,500 kg => combination up to 12,000 kg
- Class C1E and D1E: combination up to 12,000 kg; inclusion BE
- Class CE: Inclusion BE, C1E and T
| |
Driving licence classes - only valid in Germany
Class
(included classes) | further conditions | |
|---|
| L | self-propelled work machines, self-propelled feed mixers, forklifts and other industrial trucks:
up to 25 km/h, with trailer
- agricultural and forestry tractors: up to 40 km/h, with trailer up to 25 km/h
| 16 |
T
(AM, L) | agricultural and forestry self-propelled working machines, self-propelled fodder mixing vehicles:
up to 40 km/h, with trailer
- Agricultural and forestry tractors: up to 60 km/h (under 18 years: up to 40 km/h), with trailer
| 16 |
* The values in brackets for the minimum age refer to the training occupation "professional driver" or comparable occupations (see § 10 Fahrerlaubnisverordnung). For category B, accompanied driving is also possible from the age of 17 (see § 48a Fahrerlaubnisverordnung).
- The weight figures are the permissible total weight, for class AM the unladen weight.
- The number of persons to be carried also includes standing passengers.
