ISO/IEC 18013-1:2018

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 18013-1
Second edition
2018-08
Information technology — Personal
identification — ISO-compliant driving
licence —
Part 1:
Physical characteristics and basic
data set
Technologies de l'information — Identification des personnes —
Permis de conduire conforme à l'ISO —
Partie 1: Caractéristiques physiques et jeu de données de base
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
0 Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 Conformance . 6
5 Human-readable data elements on IDL . 6
5.1 Visual presence . 6
5.2 Data element tables . 6
5.3 Mandatory data elements for international interchange . 7
5.4 Optional data elements for international interchange . 8
Annex A (normative) Card design .10
Annex B (normative) Vehicle categories and pictograph descriptions .26
Annex C (normative) Document security and security features .31
Annex D (informative) Procedures for securing the issuance and use of IDLs .45
Annex E (informative) Card durability .47
Annex F (informative) Distinguishing signs of countries .48
Annex G (normative) IDL booklet .51
Bibliography .80
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (the International Electrotechnical
Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are
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organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO and IEC, also take part in the
work. In the field of information technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee,
ISO/IEC JTC 1.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for
the different types of document should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www .iso .org/directives).
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URL: www .iso .org/iso/foreword .html.
This document was prepared by ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, SC 17, Cards and personal
identification.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 18013-1:2005), which has been
technically revised.
The most significant changes are the following:
— Following the revision of ISO/IEC 18013-3, magnetic stripe and optical memory machine readable
technologies are no longer supported by this document.
— The vehicle categories in respect of which driving licence may be issued have been updated to
incorporate the contemplated amendments to the UN Conventions.
— The document security features have been restructured and grouped in accordance with the
nature of the features in respect of the card body, security design, inks/pigments and protection of
personalised data. The minimum number of mandatory and optional security features to be included
in the IDL from each of the groups is specified in respect of each type of fraud and security level.
— The content of the IDL Booklet has been revised in accordance with the contemplated amendments
to the UN Conventions.
A list of all the parts in the ISO/IEC 18013 series can be found on the ISO website.
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0 Introduction
0.1 General
This document prescribes requirements for an ISO-compliant driving licence (IDL). The intent of the
document is to allow the issuance of one document to serve the purpose of both a domestic driving
permit (DDP) and an international driving permit (IDP).
Issuing authorities issuing domestic driving licences (DDLs) that do not conform to this document can
benefit from using parts of the document for their own domestic purpose. These issuing authorities
should continue to issue a second document that follows the requirements of the DDP and IDP for
international use.
0.2 Definition, function and requirements of International Driving Permit (IDP)
The United Nation Conventions on Road Traffic of 1949 Geneva and 1968 Vienna are the responsibility
of the Secretary General at the United Nations Headquarters, New York. The maintenance of the
1968 Convention has been assigned to UN/ECE-Transport Division, Geneva, Switzerland. The 1949
Convention is not being maintained and it continues to exist due to the fact that certain countries who
are signatories to the 1949 Convention have not acceded or ratified the 1968 Convention. The ultimate
goal of the Conventions is road safety. The Conventions prescribe provisions for both a DDP and an IDP.
The IDP serves as a means of mutual recognition in that it is issued by the holder’s home country
licensing authority requesting another country who has ratified the Conventions to allow the holder the
permission to operate a motor vehicle of authorized categories under specific conditions/restrictions.
The IDP is essentially a translation of the DDP except in a common worldwide-recognized standardized
format for global recognition and acceptance as specified in the Conventions. The IDP also makes
provision for a state to disqualify the holder of an IDP from driving in that country by recording such in
the designated area.
However, following the amendment of Clause 2 of Article 41 of the 1968 Convention on 29 March
2011 that the IDP only be recognized if accompanied by the DDP and that the DDP be recognised by
all Contracting Parties, the IDP is rendered as a translation of the DDP only by the 1968 Convention.
Furthermore, the 1968 Convention places all confidence in the integrity of the DDP, which according to
Annex 6 shall take the form of a document and may be made of plastic or paper, without detailing any
minimum requirements to protect the integrity of the document. Hence the DDP will become the focus
of the attention of forgers and criminal activity. In the case of many countries that issue a DDP which is
not in conformance with this document, such DDP will not be able to withstand the test of time.
0.3 Harmonisation and interoperability
The above general definition of a driving licence implies a human-readable document with the following
properties:
— The document contains sufficient information for the identification of the licence holder.
— The document conveys the driving privileges of the licence holder in a standardised manner for
consistent interpretation.
— The document is difficult to counterfeit.
— The document is secure to resist alteration.
In today’s worldwide freedom of movement, modern driving licence systems impose additional
requirements with the advent and need for machine-assisted storage, retrieval, reading and verification
technologies for facilitation of data protection and secure communication that the Conventions have
not addressed.
To achieve maximum global harmonisation and interoperability, standards are required to provide
common platforms for visual human-readable evidence as well as for machine-assisted storage,
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retrieval, reading and verification by the use of ISO data storage technologies incorporated into the
driving licence document.
0.4 Current limitations of International Driving Permit
The problems and concerns with the current IDP that have been reported include:
— Easily copied, altered, or simulated and difficult for law enforcement authorities to detect fraudulent
licences from genuine documents.
— Many non-government IDP issuing authorities do not query their respective government motor
vehicle agencies to establish if the DDP presented is still valid and still current.
— There is no register/directory of national motor vehicle agency addresses for the inquiry and
exchange of information among the agencies to verify the validity of a presented IDP.
— Does not incorporate the ISO machine-assisted data storage technologies.
— Suspension or cancellation of domestic driving licence (DDL) or domestic driving permit (DDP)
should result in an automatic suspension or cancellation of the IDP; however, the current system
does not facilitate that.
— The IDP holder may circumvent disqualifications entered on their original IDP by obtaining a new IDP.
— Validity of the IDP is currently limited to a maximum of 1 to 3 years, depending on the UN Convention
followed.
0.5 Replacement of International Driving Permit with ISO-compliant Driving Licence (IDL)
At one time, the Conventions contained specifications in regard to a mandatory “model” data element set
(particulars) and a mandatory design layout of defined dimensions for both DDP and IDP. Subsequently,
the 1968 Convention’s mandatory requirement for the defined design layout of the DDP was rescinded,
allowing contracting parties to produce the DDP in either paper or plastic and in the case of plastic in
the preferred format of an ISO ID-1 size card. Furthermore, the 1968 Convention requires all contracting
parties to recognise any DDP conforming to the provisions of Annex 6, yet it does not prescribe the
minimum properties of the document to ensure that the integrity of the DDP can be maintained.
Since the March 2011 amendment of the 1968 Convention effectively integrated the two documents
(DDP and IDP) into a single document, this document provides for the following minimum requirements:
— Layout and integrity properties of the DDP in the dimensions of an ISO ID-1 size card, allowing
the use of ISO machine-readable technologies at the option of motor vehicle authorities in the
contracting parties.
— Layout and dimensions of the paper document for the IDP translation of the DDP inclusive of the
language provisions of Annex 7 of the 1968 Convention.
Compliance with this document is at the discretion of the issuing authority.
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