License Categories

Category

Entitles Holder to Drive:

Minimum Age

(in Years)

Includes Categories

(Requires Prior Possession of Category)

B
(Car)

BF17

(Driver’s License at Age 17 – Supervised Driving)

BA

B197

- Motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) not exceeding 3,500 kg.

- Max. 8 people

- Includes a trailer with a gross trailer weight rating (GTWR) of up to 750　kg.

- Or a trailer with a GTWR of more than 750 kg., provided that the gross combined weight rating (GCWR, i.e., vehicle + trailer) does not exceed 3,500　kg.

17
(for BF17)

Otherwise: 18

AM, L

B 96
(Trailer)

- Class B motor vehicles with trailers whose GTWR exceeds 750 kg.

- GCWR of more than 3,500 kg. but not more than 4,250 kg.

17
(for BF17)

Otherwise: 18

B, AM, L

BE
(Trailer)

- Class B motor vehicles with trailers

- Max. GTWR 3,500 kg.

17
(for BF17)

Otherwise: 18

B, AM, L

(B)

AM
(Scooter)

- Two- and three-wheeled light motorbikes, four-wheeled light motor vehicles with a top speed of up to 45 km/h and max. 50 cc displacement/4 kW power rating

15

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A1
(125cc)

- Motorbikes with or without a sidecar, max. 125 cc, 11 kW and 0.1　kW/kg.

16

AM

A2
(Motorcycle)

- Motorcycles with or without a sidecar, max. 35 kW and 0.2　kW/kg.

18

AM, A1

A
(Motorcycle)

- Motorcycles with or without a sidecar

- Three-wheeled motor vehicles with a power rating of more than 15 kW

24
-
21

(for 3-wheeled vehicles over 15 kW)

-
20
(with 2 years prior possession of A2)

AM, A1, A2

Mofa

(Scooter)

- Single-track, single-seater bicycles with an auxiliary motor, with or without a crankset and with a maximum design speed of no more than 25　km/h on even surfaces

15

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Practice lessons/ refresher lessons

- For out-of-practice drivers

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Driver’s license conversions

- For holders of a foreign driving permit

- Upon request in English!

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