Entering into force last month, a new Spanish law reduces the minimum age for driving commercial heavy goods vehicles to 18 and for passenger transport vehicles in international transport to 21, with the possibility for it to be reduced to 18 in the future.

This has been a long-standing demand from the road transport industry to the Spanish Government. With the youth unemployment rate standing at over 40% in the country, reducing the minimum age will open up new job opportunities for out of work young people.