Transport

Driving licence

You may use the public transport network:

In Paris and the suburbs, consult www.ratp.fr, the IMAGINE R season tickets www.imagine-r.com ou www.abonnement-integrale.fr

For Évry: http://www.bus-tice.com

For Fontainebleau-Avon: http://www.avon77.com/Transports-urbains.html

For Sophia Antipolis: http://www.envibus.fr

 


 

 

If you wish to use a private vehicle with your licence, there are a number of procedures to be conducted.

If you are from a Member State of the European Union, no particular formality is required.

If you are from another country, you may use your licence for a period of one year as from the date of acquisition of usual residence in France, provided certain conditions are met:
  • you should have obtained your driving licence before the issue of your first residence permit;
  • the licence must not have expired;
  • the licence was issued by the State in which the applicant normally resides;
  • the licence should be drafted in French or accompanied by an official translation;
  • the applicant should be of a minimum age for driving vehicles of the equivalent category in France;
  • the applicant should not be the subject, in his/her country of origin, of any measure of suspension, endorsement or cancellation of the driving licence.

The applicant’s valid national driving licence may be exchanged for a French licence without the holder being required to take a driving test. The application must be made at the Préfecture within one year as from the date of acquisition of normal residence in France.

Beyond that period, the national licence is no longer recognized and its holder loses any right to drive a vehicle for which a licence is required.
The person concerned must then apply for a driving test.
In the event of driving without a valid licence, the perpetrator of the offence is liable to a fourth-class fine.

Information at your local Préfecture or at the Préfecture de Police de Paris,

Additional information