The B1 driver's licence allows you to drive heavy-duty quadricycle (category L7e): cart, quad..

If you are taking courses in a car school to prepare for the licence exam, the fees vary depending on the institution and the preparation you choose.

Registration to code cost €30.

If the code fails, you must repay this amount.

You can pass the code (ETG) via a school car or as a free candidate.

To be exempted from passing the code, you must at least one of the following conditions ::

• Have obtained a favourable result for the theoretical test (code) for a maximum of 5 years
• Have a licence category for 5 years or less, except AM category
• Have a French driving licence obtained by exchange (code 70) for 5 years or less
  Code 70 should be followed by the following letters: DE (Germany), AT (Austria), BE (Belgium), BG (Bulgaria), CY (Cyprus, Greek), HR (Croatia), DK (Denmark), ES (Spain), EE (Estonia), FI (Finland), GR (Greece), HU (Hungary), IE (Ireland), IT (Italy), LV (Latvia), LT (Lithuania), LU (Luxembourg), MT (Malta), NL (Netherlands), PL (Poland), PT (Portugal), CZ (Czech Republic), RO (Romania), SK (Slovakia), SI (Slovenia), SE (Sweden), IS (Iceland), LI (Liechtenstein), NO (Norway).

Code waiver may be granted if you present any of the following:

• Valid driving licence
• Certificate of temporary examination of the valid driver's licence, paper or dematerialised (4 months maximum)

Auto-school must offer you a standard contract for the teaching of driving.

This contract shall specify in particular programme and course of training, price training and administrative services, obligations of each means of payment.

One view test can be achieved.

In the event of an inconclusive test, the examiner shall report it to the local driving licence examination department: DDT: titleContent, DDTM: titleContent (road education office) or prefecture.

You must then make an appointment to pass a medical check with a licenced physician.

The practical test assesses the following ::

• Compliance with the provisions of the Highway Code
• Knowledge of the vehicle and ability to detect the most important technical defects
• Control control and vehicle handling
• Ability to ensure its own safety and that of other users on any type of road
• Ability to perceive and anticipate traffic hazards and to act appropriately
• Knowledge of basic first aid concepts
• Degree of autonomy in the realisation of a journey
• Ability to drive while respecting the environment and adopting a courteous and considerate behaviour towards other users

Practical test 32 minutes.

The practical test shall include the following: ::

• At least 25 minutes driving time
• Performing 2 different manoeuvres (one stop braking and one reverse manoeuvre)
• Verification of a technical component inside or outside the vehicle
• Road safety issue
• Question about basic first aid concepts

To be received, you must get 20 points or more and do not make any eliminatory errors.

For example, crossing a continuous line, driving on the left, not respecting a signal that requires stopping.

Ain (01), Aisne (02), Allier (03), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), Hautes-Alpes (05), Alpes-Maritimes (06), Ardèche (07), Ariège (09), Aude (11), Aveyron (12), Bouches-du - Rhône (13), Calvados (14), Cantal (15), Charente (16), Charente-Maritime (17), Cher (18), Corrèze (19), Côtes-d'Armour (22), Creuse (23), Dordogne (24), Drôme (26 ), Eure (27), Eure-et-Loir (28), Finistère (29), Gard (30), Haute-Garonne (31), Gers (32), Gironde (33), Hérault (34), Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Indre (36), Indre et-Loire (37), Isère (38), Landes (40), Loir-et-Cher (41), Loire (42), Haute-Loire (43), Loire-Atlantique (44), Loiret (45), Lot (46), Lot-et-Garonne (47), Lozère (48), Maine-et-Loire (49), Manche (50), Mayenne (53), Morbihan (56), Nord (59), Oise (60), Orne (61), Pas-de-Calais (62), Puy-de-Dôme (63), Pyrénées-Atlantiques (6 4), Hautes-Pyrénées (65), Pyrénées-Orientales (66), Rhône (69), Sarthe (72), Savoie (73), Haute-Savoie (74), Paris (75), Seine-Maritime (76), Seine-et-Marne (77), Yvelines (7 8), Deux-Sèvres (79), Somme (80), Tarn (81), Tarn-et-Garonne (82), Var (83), Vaucluse (84), Vendée (85), Vienna (86), Haute-Vienne (87), Essonne (91), Hauts-de-Seine (92), Seine-Saint-Denis (93), Val-de-Marne (94) and Val-d'Oise (95), Guadeloupe (971), Martinique (972), Guyane (973), La Réunion (974), Mayotte (976).

RdvPermit: Book a place online for the practical driving test

After the practical test, the inspector does not communicate the result orally to you.

You must view online results on the Road Safety website 48 hours after the exam.

If the result is favourable, download your driving licence examination certificate (ECC).

This certificate, together with an identity document, serves as a driving licence for 4 months from the day of the examination.

In case of control of the police, you can present the CEPC paper version or directly on a smartphone or tablet.

The CEPC does not allow driving abroad.

Know and download the results of the driving test

To obtain your B1 licence, the process is different depending on whether it is your 1^mother obtaining a driver's licence or adding a category.

You can follow the production and sending of your driving licence online.

The online service is accessible via FranceConnect or with your ID TWO: titleContent , in French only

If you don't have an ANTS ID, you can create an account to have a personal space on the ANTS website.

Once connected to your space TWO: titleContent, you view your request in the dashboard.

Driver's licence: keep track of the progress of your application to drive

Shipping driver's licence is Expert Letter

This is a secure shipment, with hand-over against signature.

• The address that you specify during the online procedure must be the fullest possible
  (building number, flat number, mailbox number, floor, corridor, staircase, "resident",...)
• Your mailbox shall submit first name of the person receiving the mail.

If you are absent when passing the factor, you must go to the Post Office in 15 days with your notice of passage or with the number of the Expert Letter.

If you could not go to the Post Office within 15 days, you have nothing to do.

Your permit will be sent to you.

In other cases, contactTWO: titleContent via the contact form:

The validity of a driving licence (driving licence) format credit card is 15 years.

At the end of this period, renewal is a simple administrative process: there is no driving test or medical check to pass.

However, the period of validity of the title may be reduced for health reasons.

The effective date the title shall be indicated at front, line 4b.

The date of validity of certificate should not be confused with the validity of your licence categories.

Thus, even if your licence is valid for only 15 years, your licence category remains valid for life (except individual restrictions).

The dates on which the categories licences shall be back of the permit columns 10 and 11.

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The infographic explains the information on the driver's licence:

Front of the driving licence:

1. Name of holder

2. First name of the holder

3. Date and place of birth of holder

4a. Date of issue of title

4b. Title End Date

4c Issuing Authority

5. Title number

7. Signature of the holder

9. Categories of licences

Unnumbered legend: symbol and name of the State which issued the driving licence

Back of permit:

9. Categories of licences

10. Date of 1^re issuance of each class of licence

11. End date of each licence category

12. Restrictive codes. For example: 01.01 for glasses

Unnumbered Legend: Folder Number (NEPH Number)

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