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Check if you can exchange your non-European driving license for a French one!

Publié le null - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You settle in France and wonder if you can drive with your foreigners license? A driving license issued by a non-European country is valid for one year. If you want to be able to drive longer, you must exchange it for a French driver's license. Service-Public.fr provides you with a very simple simulator to know whether or not your country's driving license is exchangeable for a French license.

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If you hold a driving license issued by a third country to the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), you must exchange it for a French license, within one year of establishing your normal residence in France.

For more information on the procedures and procedures to be carried out, consult the factsheet Exchange of driving licenses obtained outside the EEA (installation in France).

To check if your non-European driving license (EU/EEA) is exchangeable for a French license, use the new simulator put online on Service-Public.fr.

With one click, this simulator shows you the non-European states (EU/EE) whose driving licenses can be exchanged for a French license.

It's very simple, select the State in the search bar. Depending on the country indicated, the answer given is either:

  • Your driving license is exchangeable for a French license.
  • Your driving license is not exchangeable for a French license. You must take the driving license exam in France.

FYI  

If you reside in France and have a permit obtained in a European State (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom before 2021), this permit is valid in France as long as it is valid.

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