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How to pay for a driving license: one euro license, apprentice, unemployed...?
Verified 10 March 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
There are several financial aids to getting a driver's license. This aid is intended for young people aged 15 to 25, apprentices aged 18 or over, the unemployed and the disabled. You can also use your personal training account (CPF) to finance the driving license, subject to conditions.
What applies to you ?
Conditions to be fulfilled
You must meet the following 3 conditions:
- Being old 15 years minimum and 25 years maximum at the latest, on the date of signature of the training contract, or the addendum, with the driving school or the approved association
- Use the aid to finance a 1re initial training, or in the event of failure, additional training
- Prepare permit A2 or permit A1 or permit B. The formation of the B license can be done in advance driving or supervised.
Approach
You must choose a driving school or an approved association with quality label of training in driving schools or equivalency and having signed a standard convention with the State.
Who shall I contact
After determining the number of hours required, a quote is prepared and you sign a training contract.
You must apply for the loan from a partner financial institution.
The financial institution may require a surety or co-borrower. If the young person is a minor (for driving training), the parents must borrow.
Once the loan has been granted, and after the standard withdrawal period, the amount of the loan shall be paid to the driving school or the approved association.
Reminder
one new model convention between the State and driving schools applies since 2020.
Loan amount
The aid takes the form of a zero-interest loan.
The amount of the loan is:
- For initial training: €600 , €800 , €1000 or €1,200 at the choice of the subscriber, not exceeding the amount entered in the training contract.
- For further training: €300 not to exceed the amount entered in the training contract.
Repayment of the loan is made by monthly installments of €30 maximum.
The loan is granted once to the same beneficiary.
It shall be granted for initial or additional training.
It is granted for only one license category.
FYI
also ask your local authority or municipality. Some local and regional authorities offer financial assistance for the driver's license in exchange for volunteer hours.
Who shall I contact
Conditions
The apprentice must complete the 3 conditions following:
- At least 18 years old
- Be an apprentice
- Being in the process of preparing the B-permit
Approach
The apprentice submits his or her application to the Apprenticeship Training Center (ATC) where he or she is registered.
The file includes the following documents:
- Aid application form completed and signed by the apprentice
- Double-sided copy of an identity document (national identity card, passport or valid residence permit)
- Copy of a quote or driving school invoice less than one year old
- RIB: titleContent if the apprentice applies for the aid to be paid into his account
Amount
The amount of the aid fixed at €500, regardless of the cost incurred by the apprentice.
Aid shall be granted once for the same apprentice.
It can be combined with all other aids received by the apprentice, including social benefits.
Certain categories of unemployed persons may benefit from a financial assistance for passing category B of driving license.
This aid, paid by Pôle emploi to the driving school, cannot exceed €1,200.
Help must be requested before enrolling in a driving school.
The Disability Compensation Benefit (DCP) can partially fund driving lessons.
If a driving license is required for your professional project, you can apply for financial assistance from the following organizations Agefiph: titleContent, Public Service Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities (FIPHFP) or CDAPH: titleContent from your department.
You can also check with your departmental home for people with disabilities (MDPH).
You can use your personal training account (PTA) to finance the examination of the driving license (code and conduct) of the following categories: B, C1, C, D1, D, C1E, CE, D1E, DE.
To benefit from it, 2 conditions the following must be completed:
- You need the permit to carry out your professional project or secure your career path
- Your driver's license is not suspended (administrative suspension or judicial) or you are not prohibited from applying for the permit (this requirement is verified by a sworn certificate).
To be taken care of, the training must be provided by a establishment approved and declared as a training organization.
Please note
this device may be combined with others, in particular the one euro per day permit for young people.
- Labor Code: Articles L6323-1 to L6323-9Driving licenses under the personal training account (Article L6323-6)
- Labor Code: Articles D6323-6 to D6323-8Driving licenses eligible for the CPF and conditions to be fulfilled
- Decree n°2019-1194 of 19 November 2019 reserving the "1€ per day license" to certain driving schools and certified associations
- Decree No. 2019-1 of 3 January 2019 on aid for the financing of driving licenses for apprentices
- Decree No. 2005-1225 of 29 September 2005 establishing an aid for the financing of training in driving and road safety
- Order of 19 November 2019 updating the model convention between the State and driving schools or associations for driving licenses at one euro per day
- Order of 26 February 2018 creating the label “quality of training in driving schools” amended by the Order of 11 March 2021
- Order of 29 September 2005 on the model agreement between the State and educational establishments concerning the driving license system at €1 per day
- Decision No 2011/13 of 11 April 2011 on the payment of aid for obtaining a driving license for certain jobseekers
- Pôle emploi Instruction No 2011-205 of 9 December 2011 on the implementation of aid for driving licenses B
- Permit for one euro per dayMinistry of the Interior
- €1 Permit: Partner Financial InstitutionsMinistry of the Interior
- Standard agreement for the permit at 1 € per dayLegifrance
- Label "quality of training in driving schools" or equivalencesLegifrance
- Site of the AgriphAssociation for the Management of the Fund for the Integration of Disabled Persons into Employment (Agefiph)
- Public Service Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities (FIPHFP)Fund for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities into the Public Service