Driving licence, new Community model (amend. Directive 91/439/EEC)

Adopting the report by Mr FARASSINO (ELDR, I), the European Parliament approved the proposal for the new model driving licence with the following amendments: - eventual introduction of a European penalty points driving licence system (the European Parliament called for the Commission to examine this possibility in an ad hoc working party); - optional personal information on the new licence at the holder's request in order to safeguard his or her life (e.g. blood group and other vital medical information such as allergies etc.); - an optional indication of the holder's willingness to donate organs; - the possibility of introducing technological innovations other than the microchip. It also called on Member States to undertake only to charge for the cost issuing the licence and not to levy any new tax. However, it rejected the idea of including the words "European Communities model" on the licence.�