Germany is one of the signatory States to this agreement
An International driving permit is a document issued by the road transport authorities or automobile clubs one of a country due to state-to-state contractsHe should allow the police of another country, the determination of whether a foreign driver has the driving license, which is for his current vehicle required. The Vienna Convention on road traffic regulates in Chapter IV (drivers of motor vehicles) in article forty-one (Driver's licenses) two, the exhibition of International driver's licenses. It is, in the meantime, however, apply more or less obsolete, since most of the joined States signatories to the EU and thus, the respective national driver's licences already in the EU. In Parallel, there is a second agreement, the"Geneva Convention on road traffic"(. This is the American Nations, as well as African and Asian countries are most of the time. Thus, two groups of States that produce a different"International driving permit"and accept, but not the respective"International driving licence"for the other group to exist. For a holder of a driving licence from the Federal Republic of Germany, it is thus for example not possible to get a legal in the United States accepted International driver's licence. The International driver's license in accordance with the"The Vienna Convention"is accepted in connection with a valid EU driving license with local US authorities, however, in General, as a goodwill gesture. according to may (.) three"International driver's license only to the holder of a national licence will be issued for the acquisition in this Convention, certain minimum requirements have been met. An International driver's license may only be used by the Contracting party issued, on whose territory the holder has his normal residence and which issued the national licence or one from another party-issued driver's license, he has recognized in this field is not valid. “ as valid on their territory, a vehicle that belongs to the classes for which the driving licenses, provided that the licences are still valid and of any other Contracting party or one of its sub-areas, or of an Association have been issued, the this other Contracting party or one of its sub-areas was authorized“ For Germany is regulated the issuing of International driving licences in section a and section b of the driving licence regulation (FeV). November on road traffic (BGBl. II, p.), the Paris Convention for the Federal Republic of Germany only in relation to those States that the Convention not yet parties, such as Thailand.
In accordance with article forty-eight of the Convention of
The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of the governments of the States mentioned below, the from the. April, were gathered in Paris for a conference, to examine what Amendments to the International Convention on motor traffic of. October, have agreed to these provisions. The contract is from. December to be valid In the Paris agreement will be governed, that the International driving license in all the countries of the Contract signed, is valid. The licence has a validity of twelve months and must be issued in the issuing country. The driving licence classes according to the Vienna Convention on road traffic correspond to those of the EU-driver's licence: Outside the EU, Carry an international driver is recommended for license in principle. The international driver's license has only in conjunction with the national driving permit to be valid.
