12.4.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L91/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 March 2000 on equivalences between certain categories of driving licences (notified under document number C(2000) 511) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/275/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences(!), as last amended by Directive 97/26/EC(), and in particular Article 1(2) and the first paragraph of Article 10 thereof, Whereas: (1) Directive 91/439/EEC provides that all driving licences issued by Member States, including those issued before the implementation of that Directive in national legis- lation, have to be mutually recognised. (2) That the principle of mutual recognition of driving licences entails full recognition of all entitlements which have been granted to a licence holder in accordance with national provisions in force at the time. (3) Directive 91/439/EEC provides that the Member States are to establish equivalences between the categories of licences issued before the implementation of that Direc- tive and those defined in Article 3 thereof. Those equivalences have to have the agreement of the Com- mission in a legally binding form, (1) OJL237,24.8.1991, p. 1. (3 OJL150,7.6.1997, p. 41. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 This Decision shall apply to all valid driving licences issued in Member States which are still in circulation. Article 2 Tables of equivalences between categories of driving licences, which have been issued in Member States before the implemen- tation of Directive 91/439/EEC and the harmonised categories as defined in Article 3 of Directive 91/439/EEC are laid down in the Annex to this Decision. Article 3 1. Categories of driving licences which have been issued prior to the implementation of Directive 91/439/EEC entitle the holder to drive vehicles of the corresponding categories as described in the tables in the Annex to this Decision without restrictions, save as stated otherwise for the relevant entitlement.