In a public explanation, police have announced that the Supreme Court’s act of judgment, dated October 20, 2026, has declared it illegal and abolished Article 17 of the Administrative Guidance Act.
Police have stressed that this decision does not abolish safeguard clauses to stop driving.
The physical return of driver’s patents does not mean that the person has the right to direct the vehicle during the length of the safeguard clause, it says, the police clarification.
According to her, those who have been imposed on the ban continue to have the vehicle stopped until its completion.
Police recall that the direction of the vehicle during this period constitutes a violation of a 500-euro fine, a ban on direction for six months, five negative points, and the vehicle’s temporary seizure.
The change is only about keeping the driver’s patents physically by police, which, according to Article 244 of the Law on Road Traffic Rules and the Supreme Court’s decision, cannot last more than eight days, the announcement said.
Source Layer: RTKLive