If you hold a driver's license from a country in the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) and have moved to Germany, you must have your driver's license transferred in the following cases:

• the validity of your driver's license ends,
• the validity of individual driving license classes ends.

In the case of driving license classes that are limited in time in Germany (classes C and D as well as corresponding subclasses and trailer classes), the German period of validity applies. This also applies if no or longer periods are entered in the foreign driver's license.

EU/EEA driving license for non-harmonized classes:

If you wish to drive a motor vehicle in Germany, you must have your driver's license transferred.

For EU/EEA driving licenses of harmonized classes (classes AM, A1, A2, A, B, BE, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D and DE):

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