FOREIGN EU MEMBER STATES CANNOT ISSUE REPLACEMENT LICENCES TO BANNED DRIVERS: ECJ
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LORRY drivers who have their licences confiscated by a court should not be able to apply for a driving permit in a foreign European Union (EU) country and get back to work, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Judges have closed a loophole being exploited by some German drivers losing their licence in German courts: they applied for and secured a replacement in the Czech Republic, and because EU member states recognise each others' driving permits, these banned drivers were soon back behind the wheel. In a case involving the regional ...
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