We must make the difference from the beginning between the following terms:
Further we will talk about the CANCELLED driving licence
When your driving licence has been cancelled for committing the acts provided in art. 114 paragraph (1) or art. 115 paragraph (1) of O.U.G.195/2002, you have the possibility to reacquire the right to drive motor vehicles, but you must go again through the process of obtaining the driving licence.
Article 114 OUG 195/2002
(1) The cancellation of the driving licence issued by the Romanian authority is ordered in the following cases:
a) the holder of the driving licence has been convicted by a court decision that remained final for an offence which resulted in the killing or bodily injury of a person, committed as a result of the non-observance of the traffic rules;
b) the holder of the driving licence has been convicted, by a court decision that remained final, for the offences provided in art. 334, art. 335 paragraph (2), art. 336, art. 337, art. 338 paragraph (1) and art. 339 paragraphs (2)-(4) of the Criminal Code; (Letter b) was amended in the law and updated also on Școala Rutieră on 02-03-2023)
c) repealed;
d) the holder of the driving licence has been applied, by a court decision that remained final, the complementary punishment of prohibiting the right to drive certain categories of vehicles established by the court provided in art. 66 paragraph (1) letter i) of the Criminal Code.
e) the driving licence was obtained in violation of the legal norms, a situation established by the competent court.
f) the driving licence was obtained during the period in which the holder was under investigation or trial in a criminal process for committing one of the offences provided in art. 334, art. 335 paragraphs (1) and (2), art. 336, art. 337, art. 338 paragraph (1) and art. 339 paragraphs (2)-(4) of the Criminal Code or for committing an offence which resulted in the killing or bodily injury of a person, committed as a result of the non-observance of the traffic rules, when he was convicted by a court decision that remained final. (Letter f) was amended in the law and updated also on Școala Rutieră on 02-03-2023)Article 114^1 OUG 195/2002
In the case of the holder of a driving licence issued by a foreign authority, if he is in one of the cases provided in art. 114 paragraph (1) letters a), b) or d), the prohibition to drive motor vehicles on the territory of Romania is ordered for a period of 1 year, starting with the day immediately following the date when the court decision remained final, under the conditions established by the regulation.
Article 115 OUG 195/2002
(1) The suspension of the exercise of the right to drive or the cancellation of the driving licence is ordered by the traffic police within the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police also in the case in which against its holder such a measure was decided by a foreign competent authority for an act committed on the territory of another state, under the conditions established by the European Convention on the international effects of the prohibition to exercise the right to drive a motor vehicle, adopted in Brussels on 3 June 1976, ratified by Romania by Law no. 126/1997.
The former holder of the driving licence may request the approval to present himself at the exam in order to reacquire the driving licence, for all the categories previously held, only in the situation in which he fulfils one of the conditions of art. 24 paragraph (6) letters a), b), c), d) or e) mentioned below:
Article 24 OUG 195/2002
(6) [...] as well as the person whose driving licence was cancelled under the conditions of art. 114 paragraph (1) letters a)-d) or of art. 115 paragraph (1) have the right to present themselves at the exam for obtaining the driving licence, respectively for obtaining a new driving licence, as the case may be, if one of the following situations has occurred:
a) 6 months have passed from the date of executing the penalty of the fine or the penalty in the regime of deprivation of liberty;
b) one year has passed from the date of total pardon or the remainder of the penalty, from the date when the court decision remained final by which the suspension of executing the penalty under supervision was ordered or from the date of fulfilling the term of prescription of executing the penalty;
c) amnesty has occurred;
d) the prohibition of the right to drive certain categories of vehicles established by the court, provided in art. 66 paragraph (1) letter i) of the Criminal Code, was executed entirely or its execution has ended in another way provided by the law;
e) rehabilitation has occurred.
It is important to know that, unlike those who take the driving licence for the first time, drivers who had the driving licence cancelled do not have to attend again the courses of a driving school. To obtain a new driving licence, the person who possessed the driving licence, but which was cancelled, does not have to attend the theoretical and practical training courses carried out in an authorised driving school.
Which are the documents that the file must contain in order to take the exam for reacquisition (cancelled licence) of the right to drive vehicles?
The submission of the file with all the above documents is done personally by the holder having with him the identity document in original, at the counter DRPCIV / SPCRPCIV (Public Community Service for Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration) where he requests to be examined.
The exam for obtaining a new driving licence for the cases in which the licence was cancelled is carried out by taking the theoretical and practical test, according to the procedure from the Regulation for the implementation of O.U.G.195/2002.
After you have passed the theoretical exam contact a driving school to provide you (for a fee) with a vehicle equipped and authorised for the driving school in order to also take the practical test!
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