driving disqualification

The Convention on driving disqualifications will close some of the existing loopholes.

Once it has entered into force, the Convention on driving disqualifications will be an effective instrument for combating this kind of offence.

We have already a certain degree of harmonisation: certain conventions are being worked on, for example, on driving disqualification.

The courts can also make ancillary orders such as costs, compensation orders, and driving disqualifications for road traffic offences.

Sanctions already exist in our Member States and these range from fines for minor offences to driving disqualifications for more serious offences.

One driver registration system applies to both England and Wales and Scotland; driving disqualifications and penalty points apply immediately in both jurisdictions.

Chopra appeared at South East Suffolk Magistrates' Court later and was given a six-month driving disqualification and ordered to pay a fine of £400.

Mr President, I wish to begin by congratulating Mrs Reding on her valuable report on the Convention to ensure mutual recognition of driving disqualifications.

Next, driving disqualification does not rely on a so-called centralizing bureaucracy in Brussels, but on the relevant authorities in the Member States of residence, who alone have the right to choose whether or not to apply the Convention.