BANNED DRIVERS’ SECOND EU LICENCE LOOPHOLE TO BE REMOVED BY EUROPEAN JUDGES
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) case is set to close a loophole in European Union (EU) law allowing EU motorists to ignore personal driving bans by applying for a driving licence from a foreign EU member state. An ECJ advocate general has formally advised the state issuing the ban can refuse to recognise this second licence. The court rubber stamps these formal opinions in the overwhelming majority of cases. Advocate general Yves Bot said: "A member state can refuse... the validity of a driving licence delivered by another member state, ...
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