Act to Amend the Driving Instructors Act and Other Road Traffic Laws
Original: Gesetz zur Änderung des Fahrlehrergesetzes und anderer straßenverkehrsrechtlicher Gesetze
- Transportation and public works
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor
- Passed3. Beratung: Annahme in Ausschussfassung
- Law
Latest action
3. Beratung: Annahme in Ausschussfassung
Summary
From the official record · GermanMeasures to modernize and reduce bureaucracy in driver training, to reduce the costs of obtaining a driving licence, to optimize administrative procedures under the law governing driving instructors, and to implement in a manner compliant with European law the rules on the professional practice of driving instructors from other EU countries, including the removal of requirements for driving students and driving schools to provide evidence and keep records, allowing knowledge to be acquired in preparation for the theoretical driving licence test entirely digitally outside the driving school, ending the monitoring by the competent authorities of providers of traffic psychology seminars on fitness to drive, a time-limited trial of acquiring practical driving experience under supervision as part of practical driving instruction for Class B, and establishing a distinct qualification profile for an officially recognized driving licence examiner; editorial adjustments and amendments, clarifications, consequential amendments; Insertion, amendment and repeal of numerous §§ of the Driver Training Act (Fahrlehrergesetz), insertion of § 2e and amendment of §§ 2, 4a and 50 of the Road Traffic Act (Straßenverkehrsgesetz), and numerous §§ of the Motor Vehicle Experts Act (Kraftfahrsachverständigengesetz); authorization to issue ordinances Reference: Directive 2005/36/EC of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Abl. L 255, 30.09.2005, p. 22) Recommendation for a decision of the committee: amendments; adoption of a resolution
Sources & documents
8- Plenarprotokoll BR-PlPr. 1067 (PDF)dserver.bundestag.de
- Plenarprotokoll BT-PlPr. 21/96 (PDF)dserver.bundestag.de
- Plenarprotokoll BT-PlPr. 21/96 (XML)dserver.bundestag.de
- Plenarprotokoll BT-PlPr. 21/105 (PDF)dserver.bundestag.de
- Plenarprotokoll BT-PlPr. 21/105 (XML)dserver.bundestag.de
- Beschlussempfehlung und Bericht (BT-Drs. 21/8979)dserver.bundestag.de
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