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1. Where a person enjoying temporary protection or adequate protection under national law in accordance with Directive 2001/55/EC and Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 declares the loss or theft of his or her driving licence, the Member State where that person has been granted a temporary residence permit or enjoys adequate protection under national law may, at the request of that person, verify, including with the competent authorities of Ukraine, the driving rights acquired by that person in conformity with the legislation applicable in Ukraine and that no other Member State has already issued a driving licence to that person in accordance with this Article, in particular in order to ascertain that the driving licence has not been restricted, suspended or withdrawn.

2. By way of derogation from Article 11(6) of Directive 2006/126/EC, after carrying out the verification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, a Member State may issue a driving licence of the same category or categories to the person concerned based on the Union model set out in Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC. In such case, and by way of derogation from point 12 of Annex I of Directive 2006/126/EC, Member States shall introduce in the driving licence a special temporary Union code ‘99.01(max 06.03.2025)’ in field 12, which means ‘Special issuance valid only for the duration of temporary protection (lost or stolen UA licence)’. Upon carrying out the verification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and prior to issuing a driving licence referred to in this paragraph for categories AM, A1, A2, A, B, B1 and BE, Member States may require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving in accordance with national law adopted to transpose Annex III to Directive 2006/126/EC. Upon carrying out the verification referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article prior to issuing a driving licence referred to in this paragraph for categories C, CE, C1, C1E, D, DE, D1 and D1E, Member States shall require an examination applying the minimum standards of physical and mental fitness for driving in accordance with national law adopted to transpose Annex III to Directive 2006/126/EC.

3. The driving licence referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be mutually recognised in the Union. Without prejudice to any future acts of the Union concerning the duration of the temporary protection, by way of derogation from points 4(b) and 11 of Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC, the expiry date on such driving licence shall be 6 March 2025. However, notwithstanding that date marked on such driving licence, its administrative validity shall correspond to the duration of the temporary protection in respect of displaced persons from Ukraine, as referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2001/55/EC, or the duration of the temporary protection or of the adequate protection under the national law of the holder, whichever ends the earliest. The holder shall be adequately informed of such a limitation.

4. Where the verification referred to in paragraph 1 is not possible, the Member State in question shall not issue the driving licence referred to in paragraph 2. In that case, the Member State may issue a driving licence valid exclusively on its territory to the person concerned, in accordance with its national law. Such a licence shall be different from the model laid down in Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC.

5. When the period of application of temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine, as referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2001/55/EC, has come to an end, the driving licences issued by the Member States in accordance with this Article shall be null and void.