To ensure safer road traffic across Europe, the Council adopted today its common positions (general approaches) on two Commission proposals forming part of the so-called ‘road safety’ legislative package, namely amending or repealing: • the 2006 and 2022 directives, as well as the 2012 and 2018 regulations on driving licences • the 2015 directive on cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences / This is a paradigm shift for the driving licences regime in Europe. Together with strengthening mechanisms for mutual assistance between Member States to facilitate the identification of the concerned person and the enforcement of fines the new legislation will improve safety on European motorways and guarantee safer residential areas across the EU. (....)