New rules on qualification requirements for drivers
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om kvalifikationskrav til visse chauffører i vejtransport
In short
Reading time: 2 min- What changes:
- Drivers in training may drive national goods or passenger transport for no more than 3 years, and there is no longer a requirement for experience, only for age.
- The terms have also changed: training centres may offer an examination, and training institution is a new term.
- Who: The rules apply to drivers of vehicles that require a driving licence in category C1, C, D1 or D, as well as the category B drivers mentioned with permission under the Goods Transport Act. There are exceptions for, among other things, certain vehicles.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 May 2025.
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A driver in training may drive national goods transport or passenger transport. This requires a driving licence for the vehicle and applies for no more than 3 years. Previously, the driver could also drive even if the training had not been completed and the examinations had not been passed. Now it applies for no more than 3 years.
Drivers in training now only have to meet the age requirements. Previously, they had to meet both the age and the experience requirements.
A vocational driver training certificate issued under section 14(5) gives the right to drive goods transport vehicles from the age of 18. Previously, it was the certificate mentioned in section 16(6), and the rule applied to vehicles of driving licence category C and C+E. It now applies to vehicles that require a driving licence in category C and C/E.
Previously, it was the drivers of new or converted vehicles that had not yet been put into use who were exempt. Now it is the vehicles themselves. It now appears as a separate point in the list. In the definition of training centre, it has now been added that a training centre offers training or an examination for the basic qualifications. A new term, training institution, has been introduced.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 25 April 2025
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 30 April 2025
- In force · 1 May 2025