Question 12493 — road safety

Summary

Ms. Cécile Untermaier draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the recognition of Armenian driving licenses in France. The decree of January 12, 2012 sets the conditions for recognition and exchange of driving licenses issued by States belonging neither to the European Union nor to the European Economic Area and provides that there must be a reciprocity agreement between France and the State in whose name the permit has been issued; a list of States whose national driving licenses are exchanged in France is established by order. It therefore appears that to determine whether a driving license issued by a State belonging neither to the European Union nor to the European Economic Area is capable of being exchanged for a French license, it is only necessary to verify, in accordance with the provisions of I of article 5 of the decree of 12 January 2012, that this State is linked to France by a reciprocal agreement regarding the exchange of driving licenses. A reciprocal agreement exists between France and Russia. But this is not the case for all the states which acquired their independence following the disintegration of the USSR. For many nationals of these States, who passed their driving test before the independence of their State from what is now Russia, this distinction seems unfair to them. The lack of agreement is particularly damaging for the large Armenian community present in France, many of whose nationals present a driving license issued by the Russian authorities before independence. The practice of driving often for more than thirty years and the financial difficulties associated with having to repeat it in France are not without generating misunderstandings and pose concrete problems for the integration of many of these people, particularly when looking for a job. Also, she asks him if the Government intends to initiate the negotiation of an agreement for the recognition and reciprocal exchange of driving licenses between France and Armenia and if not if it intends to study a system for issuing driving licenses adapted to these very situations. particular.

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