Luxembourg Obtaining Driving Licence : National Society For Automobile Traffic SNCA

Organization : National Society For Automobile Traffic SNCA
Service Name : Obtaining Driving Licence
Country: Luxembourg

Website : https://luxembourg.public.lu/en.html

Obtaining Driving Licence :

Anyone wishing to drive a vehicle must be in possession of a driving licence valid for the category of vehicle being used.

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The points system for driving licences was set up in the Grand Duchy in 2002. The standard European driving licence was introduced in the Grand Duchy in January 2013.

The driving licence department of the National Society for Automobile Traffic (Société nationale de circulation automobile, SNCA) handles everything connected with driving licences except for matters involving the points system, disputes, and medical issues. These last are dealt with directly by the Department of Transports.

Obtaining Driving Licence:
To obtain a driving licence in the Grand Duchy, candidates must:
be at least 18 years old for vehicles in category B (17 years in the case of learning to drive under the accompanied learning scheme). Minimum age requirements for driving motorised vehicles in other categories are indicated on the website of the Department of Transport; sign up with a driving school approved by the Minister responsible for Transport for at least 12 hours of theory lessons and 16 hours of practical lessons; pass a theoretical exam organised by the National Society for Automobile Traffic (SNCA); pass a practical examination.

Having a foreign driving licence transcribed or registered:
If your licence was issued by an EU or EEA member country, it is recommended that you have your licence registered so that the Luxembourg authorities can quickly issue you with a Luxembourgish licence if your own licence is lost or stolen.

If your licence was issued by a country that is not in the EU, you are entitled to use your licence for a period of one year before having it transcribed, i.e. exchanged for a Luxembourgish license.

Replacing a driving licence that has been stolen, lost, or damaged:
Under Luxembourgish legislation, a driver is not allowed to drive a vehicle if he/she is unable to produce a valid driving licence when a check is carried out.

Category B :
Procedure for obtaining a category B driving license :
** Registration in a driving school approved by the Minister in charge of Transport. The minimum age required to apply: 17 and a half years.

Documents to be supplied to the driving school for the issue of the apprenticeship certificate :
** Medical certificate issued by a physician approved by the Minister having Transport in his / her attributions;
** Recent photo ID;
** Certificate of residence;
** A recent extract from the criminal record if the candidate is of age at the time of application;
** Extract from the judicial record of the country of origin if the taking of residence in Luxembourg is less than 5 years;
** Tax stamp of 30 € and registration fee to be paid to the driving school.
** The application must be signed by the major candidate, failing which by a parent or guardian.

The driving license of category B authorizes the driving of the following vehicles :
** Motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, tractors and self-propelled machinery, with a maximum authorized mass not exceeding 3,500 kg and designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than eight passengers, in addition to the driver.

** Vehicles corresponding to category B may be coupled with a trailer with a maximum authorized mass of 750 kg or less.

** Without prejudice to the provisions relating to the approval rules for the vehicles concerned, a trailer with a maximum authorized mass exceeding 750 kg may be coupled to vehicles of category B provided that the maximum authorized mass of the vehicle does not exceed 4,250 kg .

** If the maximum permissible mass exceeds 3,500 kg, the holder must have taken a training course (theory and practice) of at least 7 hours in a driving school.

** Moped (AM);
** Light quadricycle (AM);
** Quad;
** Tractor;
** Self-propelled machinery with a maximum authorized mass not exceeding 12,000 kg.

** Light motorcycle (A1), provided that they have held a Class B driving license for at least 2 years and have participated in a theoretical and practical training of at least 7 hours in a driving school – driving Motorcycles remaining limited to the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Contact:
National Society For Automobile Traffic
11, rue de Luxembourg
L-5230 Sandweiler
Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

Postal address:
PO Box 23 L-5201
Tél.: (+352) 35 72 14-720
Fax: (+352) 8002-3666