Dematerialized driver’s license becomes widespread this Wednesday, here’s how it works

Transport – Driving license is entering a new era. Home Affairs Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Parisian Normalization of dematerialized driving license from this Tuesday, February 13, Wednesday. HuffPost It explains how it works.

An experiment was carried out over several months in Rhône, Hauts-de-Seine and Eure-et-Loir. From now on, all drivers with a French license who request it will be able to get the version on a smartphone.

If you have not already done so, you must download the “France Identity” application available on iOS (Apple phone) and Android, developed by the National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS). The name of the agency is certainly not unfamiliar to you: it is the one that issues driving licenses, registration cards, passports or identity cards.

Download the France Identity app

If you are not one of the 17 million people with a national electronic identity card (CNIe), you will need to first register your physical CNI on the France Identity application to obtain its digital equivalent. Please note, this only works in bank card format, which is equipped with an ultra-secure electronic chip.

After this step, you have two options. Either you retrieve your Restricted Information Statement (RIR) on the My Permit Points website using your permit number, then you scan the QR code that appears on the document with the France Identity app. This technique is the only one possible at this time.

Alternatively, another option that will be available later in the year, you remotely query the Road Safety Delegation’s database. “Import (your) driving rights”. Your digital driving license will automatically arrive on your phone in both cases.

Physical and digital will co-exist

This electronic license will provide reassurance to distracted drivers, but also save police time during checking. “They will no longer need to type in the license number, essential information will be displayed on their device, such as a recent photo of the driver, even for old licences,” Ministry explains Parisian.

“We will always keep physical identification documents. A dematerialized driving license does not replace it, it supplements it. If you want, you will have two identification documents on two different media, one in physical form and the other on your phone.insisted Gerald Darman.

Please note that this telephone permit will be accessible even if there is no internet network. The daily clarifies that the application will soon make it possible to obtain dematerialized registration documents and insurance certificates. The first tests should begin at the end of the year.

Soon electronic proxies

At the same time, the Home Minister adds that CNIe will make it possible to dematerialize other processes, especially proxies. a “Fifty Municipalities” The process for the European elections will take place on June 9.

“I have also written to the mayors of the first ten major cities in France, including Paris, Lyon and Marseille, to apply for these upcoming elections. This will be normalized by the next municipal elections in 2026.He adds.

And the risks of data leaks? Gerald Darmanin reassures: “ CNIL (National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties) and Anssi (National Agency for Information Systems Security) have of course validated these new systems. Data files are not linked to each other. »

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