11:43 23.11.2017

Ukraine, France to agree on mutual exchange of driving licenses - Avakov

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Ukraine, France to agree on mutual exchange of driving licenses - Avakov

Ukraine will make every effort to formalize an agreement with France on the mutual exchange of driving licenses, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said.

According to the press service of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, this agreement envisages that Ukrainian citizens who legally reside in France and French legally residing in Ukraine will be able to exchange their national driving licenses for similar documents of the country of residence.

"Until now, drivers could travel with Ukrainian licenses for not more than a year in European countries, and then it was necessary to obtain national driving licenses by passing theoretical and practical exams and paying from 600 to 1,000 euros... We will do our best to formalize an agreement on the mutual exchange of driving licenses with France," Avakov said at a meeting with his French counterpart Gerard Collomb in Kyiv on November 22.

Similar agreements are already in force between Ukraine, Italy and Spain. The agreement does not cancel the provision of the law, according to which Ukrainians in Italy, Spain, as well as Italians and Spaniards in Ukraine, do not have the right to use national driving permits for more than a year after receiving official registration. However, now the exchange will be carried out without passing theoretical and practical exams and, accordingly, without costs for their payment.

In order to determine the validity and authenticity of documents, a special check will be conducted. When issuing a new driver's license, the old one will be withdrawn.

During the meeting, Avakov thanked the French side for all-round support for Ukraine.

Collomb, in turn, said that the French side was ready to support the initiative of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry on the mutual exchange of driving permits and intended to strengthen cooperation in the security sphere with Ukraine.

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