The codes on the licence and Code of Practice

On these pages you can find information on:

• the harmonised community codes as published in the European Directive 2000/56/EC, and
• the Code of Practice that is written to explain these codes and their usage.

To find more details click on one of the following links:

Codes on the driving licence

• introduction to the codes on the driving licence
  history and general background information on the codes on the driving licence

• the list of the harmonised Community codes (code 01-99)
  a complete overview of the codes 01-99 as published in the 2000/56/EC

• the applicability of the codes for driving licence categories A, B, C and D
  a table showing which codes are applicable for the different driving licence categories

• the syntax of the codes on the licence
  

The structure of the Code of Practice

• information pages
• driving aspects
• evaluation criteria
• examples
• terminology
• structure

The codes and Code of Practice

You can use the Codes pull-down menu at the top to quickly access the Code of Practice information, or click on one of the links below.

01-05	driver (medical reasons)
10	modified transmission
15	modified clutch
20	modified braking systems
25	modified accelerator systems
30	modified combined braking and accelerator systems
35	modified control layouts
40	modified steering
42	modified rearview mirror(s)
43	modified driver seat
44	modifications to motorcycles (subcode use obligatory)
45	motorcycle with side-car only
50	restricted to a specific vehicle/chassis number (vehicle identification number, VIN)
51	restricted to a specific vehicle/registration plate (vehicle registration number, VRN)
70-79	administrative matters