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Driving licence categories 01.01.1999 to 18.01.2013 - valid throughout the EU

Class
(included classes)
Type of vehiclefurther conditionsMinimum age*
A
(A 1, M)
Motorbikes

Motorbikes are restricted during the first 2 years:

  • up to 25 kW power and up to 0.16 kW power per kilogramme
  • thereafter: unlimited ( => minimum age 20)
  • for direct entry: minimum age 25
18
A 1
(M)
Motorbikes

Light motorbikes: up to 125 cc engine capacity and up to 11 kW power output

  • under 18 years => up to 80 km/h
16
B
(M, S, L)
Passenger car

three- and four-wheeled motor vehicles up to 3,500 kg,
up to 8 seats (+ driver's seat)

  • with trailer up to 750 kg => combination up to 4,250 kg
  • with trailer up to empty mass of car => combination up to 3,500 kg
  • BE: with trailer over 750 kg (no restriction to 3,500 kg)
18
(17)
C
(C 1)
Lorry

more than 3,500 kg, up to 8 seats (+ driver's seat)

+ trailer up to 750 kg, previous possession class B

  • Time limit 5 years each
    (medical and ophthalmological examination)
18
C 1Lorry

up to 7,500 kg, up to 8 seats (+ driver's seat) + trailer up to 750 kg, previous ownership class B

  • Limited to 5 years from the age of 50.
    (medical and ophthalmological examination)
18
D
(D 1)
Buses

more than 8 seats (+ driver's seat) + trailer up to 750 kg, previous possession class B

  • Time limit 5 years each (medical and ophthalmological examination)
21
(18)
D 1Buses

9 to 16 seats (+ driver's seat) + trailer up to 750 kg, previous ownership class B

  • Time limit 5 years each (medical and ophthalmological examination)
21
(18)
ETrailer
  • Motor vehicles with trailers over 750 kg (exception 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 and D1E: combinations up to 12,000 kg
    (trailers up to empty weight of truck or bus); inclusion BE
  • Class CE: Inclusion BE, C1E and T
 

Driving licence classes - only valid in Germany

Class
(included classes)
further conditionsMinimum age*
M

Two-wheeled mopeds and bicycles with auxiliary motor (moped, mokick)

  • up to 50 ccm, up to 45 km/h
16
S
(since 01.02.05)

three-wheeled mopeds and 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
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 5 km/h
16
T
(M, S, L)
  • agricultural and forestry self-propelled working machines, self-propelled fodder mixing wagons:
    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 Driving Licence Ordinance). For category B, accompanied driving is also possible from the age of 17 (see § 48a of the Driving Licence Ordinance).

  • The weights are the permissible total weight, for class S the unladen weight.
  • The new driving licence classes at the time of conversion are listed in Annex 3 of the Driving Licence Ordinance.
    Vested rights from the previous classes are retained. There are also the additional rights from the comparable new classes from 19.01.2013 without exchanging the driving licence.