Traffic rulesSlovenia

Driving licences are issued by Slovenian administrative units after the statutory conditions and examinations have been completed.

The Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency (AVP) organises and administers the theory and practical driving examinations.

Yes. A valid licence is recognised nationwide, subject to its categories, restrictions and current legal status.

Yes. A valid Slovenian EU-format licence is generally recognised throughout the EU and EEA.

No. EU rules generally permit only one valid EU or EEA driving licence at a time.

Yes. The candidate can select an available examination location, subject to the categories offered there.

Yes. AVP publishes informational availability for theory and practical examinations.

Yes. All active categories and restriction codes are recorded on the same licence.

Yes. Passing the practical test in a vehicle without a clutch normally results in the relevant automatic-transmission restriction.

Yes. Administrative and examination charges are set separately, while tuition and lesson prices vary between schools.

The minimum age is 18 years.

The minimum age is 15 years.

The minimum age is 16 years.

The minimum age is 18 years.

Normally 24 years, or 20 after holding A2 for at least two years.

The minimum age is 16 years.

The minimum age is 18 years.

The minimum age is 21 years, with professional-qualification exceptions.

The minimum age is 24 years, with professional-qualification exceptions.

The applicant must normally have permanent or temporary residence in Slovenia for more than six months.

No. A current withdrawal, suspension, driving ban or prohibition on licence issue must first end.

Yes. Fraud can lead to refusal, cancellation and criminal or administrative consequences.

Yes. The candidate must obtain a valid medical certificate confirming physical and mental fitness for the requested category.

It must be completed before the practical part of driver training begins.

Yes. A harmonised restriction code can require corrective lenses whenever the holder drives.

Yes. The medical certificate and practical assessment can produce vehicle or equipment restrictions.

No. Fitness is assessed individually, and an appropriately adapted vehicle can be used.

Yes. Most first-time candidates must pass the prescribed first-aid examination.

The AVP guidance lists categories AM, F and G as exceptions.

Yes. A person who already holds specified driving categories normally does not repeat it.

A valid official photographic identity document or accepted foreign travel document.

Yes. A control medical examination can lead to restrictions, shorter validity, suspension or withdrawal.

Yes. The statutory training is completed through a driving school entered in the official register.

The general part lasts at least 16 pedagogical hours.

Yes. The candidate must also complete all required additional theory hours for the requested category.

The statutory programme totals at least 20 pedagogical hours.

Yes.

No. Passing the state theory examination is a condition for beginning practical training.

At least 20 lesson hours.

Between 50 and 60 minutes.

Initial vehicle control, driving on less demanding roads, traffic driving, self-assessment and advanced conditions.

Yes. Category B training includes the prescribed driving in dusk or darkness.

Yes. The category B programme includes the prescribed faster-road training.

Yes. The instructor determines when the candidate is ready for the practical examination.

Yes. A person older than 16 can use the official accompanied-driving route.

Yes.

Yes.

At least 20 lesson hours.

A parent, guardian, foster carer or another eligible person registered for that learner.

At least 27 years old.

At least five years.

No more than five penalty points.

Yes.

Yes. The person must be entered in the official driver record and the learner’s driving record card.

Yes. The prescribed green L plate must be displayed.

Until the category B test is passed, but for no more than two years after the companion is entered in the record.

It is completed electronically on a computer.

The candidate has 40 minutes.

No. The content and number of tasks depend on the category and the generated examination paper.

Questions are weighted according to importance, normally from two to five points.

At least 88% of the available points.

No. Two or more incorrectly answered five-point tasks cause failure regardless of the overall percentage.

Yes. All correct answers must be selected.

Traffic rules, signs, road users, vehicle documents, safety measures, driving behaviour, environmental use and category-specific knowledge.

Yes. The candidate must arrange an authorised court interpreter.

Yes. The applicable sign-language rules are followed.

Yes.

No. Practical training, the practical test and licence issue must still be completed.

Preparation and vehicle checks, a vehicle-control skills assessment and driving in road traffic.

Normally on a training or manoeuvring area.

The candidate drives in real traffic and demonstrates safe, calm and independent behaviour.

Vehicle preparation, observation, control, priority, speed, positioning, signalling, manoeuvres and risk management.

Yes, from locations where category B practical tests are offered.

Yes, when the request is made in time and does not seek help with the driving task itself.

No. Taking the wrong route by itself is not automatically an examination error.

Yes. Serious danger, loss of control or necessary intervention can result in failure.

Yes. Any glasses, hearing aid or vehicle adaptation listed in the medical certificate must be used.

No. A valid driving licence must first be issued.

A driver under age 21 and a driver during the first two years after first obtaining a motor-vehicle licence.

Yes. A person is a novice for two years after first obtaining A2, A or B even if an AM, A1, B1, F or G licence was already held.

Zero alcohol.

Reaching or exceeding seven penalty points during the relevant two-year period.

Yes, when the driver has Slovenian residence and obtained the category through a Slovenian examination.

After at least six months from licence issue.

A safe-driving practical course and a group workshop on road safety and psychosocial relationships.

The novice driver chooses an authorised provider and pays the programme cost.

Before the novice driving licence expires.

The completed programme is required for extension or renewal of the novice licence.

Mopeds and light quadricycles.

Motorcycles up to 125 cm³, 11 kW and the prescribed power-to-weight ratio.

Motorcycles up to 35 kW within the prescribed power-to-weight and derivation limits.

Unrestricted motorcycles and qualifying powered tricycles.

Passenger vehicles up to 3,500 kg with no more than eight passenger seats in addition to the driver.

A category B combination above 3,500 kg but not exceeding 4,250 kg.

A category B towing vehicle with a trailer above 750 kg within BE and technical limits.

C1 and C cover medium and heavy goods vehicles; D1 and D cover smaller and larger passenger vehicles.

It records the professional qualification required for many commercial lorry and bus drivers.

A total of 35 hours by the calendar year in which the professional qualification expires.

Normally 10 years, unless medical fitness requires a shorter period.

For five years.

Yes. It must be submitted with the renewal application.

Yes.

Normally five years, subject to medical fitness.

At an administrative unit.

The holder requests a replacement and reports the document under the applicable procedure.

Not necessarily. It normally follows the existing category and expiry records.

Yes. They must be exchanged no later than 19 January 2033, without losing valid categories.

No.

Yes. A valid licence is generally recognised without the one-year limit applying to most non-EU licences.

Normally for one year, subject to reciprocity and document validity.

After holding qualifying Slovenian residence for more than six months.

Yes.

Yes, unless an exemption or agreement applies.

The applicant can also be required to complete a road-safety course and pass the theoretical subject examination.

No. The licence must be valid and meet the statutory authenticity and category conditions.

Yes, where the foreign document is not directly understandable or its validity must be confirmed.

No. It is used together with the valid national driving licence.

The applicable permit is generally issued for one year and cannot outlast the national licence.

Reaching or exceeding 18 penalty points.

Seven points.

Yes. Certain very serious offences can produce immediate licence termination.

An eligible non-novice driver with at least four points can complete an authorised programme to remove points under the statutory conditions.

Up to 0.50 g/kg of blood or 0.24 mg/L of breath, provided the driver shows no signs of impairment.

Novice drivers, professional drivers and other categories specified by the road-traffic rules.

Yes.

Yes, when statutory grounds exist.

Yes. Educational, psychosocial, medical or safe-driving programmes can apply.

No. The official driver record determines whether the person may drive.

This FAQ was prepared from current eUprava guidance, AVP examination material, the Drivers Act and the Road Traffic Rules Act.

Last reviewed: 4 August 2026.

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