21.9.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 237/45 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/56/EC of 14 September 2000 amending Council Directive 91/439/EEC on driving licences (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/EEC of 29 July 1991 on driving licences ('), as last amended by Directive 97/26[EC (3), and in particular Article 7(a)(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) The list of harmonised Community codes as described in Annex I and Ia to Directive 91/439/EEC needs to be adapted. (20 The list of harmonised Community codes requires further specification in view of scientific and technical progress in the field and additional practical experience gained with relevant adaptations. (3)  The minimum requirements for driving tests as laid down in Annex II of Directive 91/439/EEC have to be reviewed in the light of scientific and technical progress in the field. (4)  The review of Annex II is necessary in order to further harmonise the driving tests in the Community and to bring the testing requirements into line with the demands of daily traffic. Assessment criteria for the practical test should be introduced to enhance harmoni- sation further. (5)  The review of Annex II directly aims at improving road safety. Accordingly, the minimum requirements of the theory test and the practical test should be raised. (6)  The measures provided for in this Directive are in conformity with the opinion of the Committee on driving licences, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 91/439/EEC is amended as follows: () O] L 237, 24.8.1991, p. 1. () O] L 150, 7.6.1997, p. 41. 1. Annex I and Annex la are amended as set out in Annex I to this Directive. 2. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Directive. Article 2 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2003 at the latest. They shall forth- with inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the essential provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Article 3 This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Atrticle 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 September 2000. For the Commission Loyola DE PALACIO Vice-President