Case C‑56/20

AR

v

Stadt Pforzheim

(Request for a preliminary ruling
from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof Baden-Württemberg)

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 29 April 2021

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Transport – Driving licences – Mutual recognition – Withdrawal of the licence in the territory of a Member State other than the issuing Member State – Affixing of an endorsement to the driving licence indicating that it is not valid within that Member State)

Transport – Road transport – Driving licences – Directive 2006/126 – Mutual recognition of driving licences – Refusal of a Member State to recognise the validity of a driving licence issued by another Member State on account of unlawful conduct on the part of the holder in the territory of the first Member State – Whether permissible

(European Parliament and Council Directive 2006/126, as amended by Directive 2011/94, recital 16 and Arts 1(1), 2(1) and (2), 7(1)(e) and (3)(b), 11(1), (2), (4) and (5), and 12, first para., and Annex I, point 3, third sentence, part (a), headings 13 and 14, and point 4(a))

(see paragraphs 32, 34, 36, 38-48, operative part)

See the text of the decision.