B1 license: heavy motor quadricycle

Verified 15 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You want to spend the B1 permit to drive a heavy motor quadricycle (category L7e)? We tell you the information to know and the steps to follow to pass the B1 license.

Step-by-step approach

Driving license B1 allows you to drive a heavy motor quadricycle (category L7e). For example, some small cars.

Age

You must have 16 yrs or more.

Have ASR or ASR

If you are under 21 and it is 1era category of license you pass, you must have the 2nd level road safety school certificate (ASSR2) or the Road Safety Certificate (RSC).

In case of loss or theft of these certificates, you can make a declaration of honor.

Citizenship - Nationality

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You're French

If you are under 25 years of age, you must be in compliance with the obligations of the Defense and Citizenship Day (JDC).

You're European

If you are a Swiss, Andorran, Monegasque or national of the European Economic Area (EEA), you must have had your personal and/or professional ties for at least 6 months in France.

You're a foreigner

You must have lived in France for at least 6 months and have a valid residence permit.

Health status

If you have a health problem, you need to take a medical examination before applying for a driving license.

If you take courses in a driving school to prepare for the license examination, the fees vary depending on the institution and the preparation chosen.

Registration for the code cost €30.

If the code fails, you must repay this amount.

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Through a driving school

At your request, the driving school will take care of your registration for the examination of the license. However, you must activate yourself the account created in your name on the websiteANTSANTS : National Securities Agency. You receive an email to activate your account.

To register, the driving school needs the following documents, in photographic or digitized version:

  • If you are French, aged from 17 years to 25 years, individual certificate of participation in the Defense and Citizenship Day (JDC), or individual exemption certificate, or national service status certificate, or provisional national service status certificate.
  • If you are a foreigner, proof of regularity of the stay or, if you are exempt from a residence permit, proof of your presence in France for at least 6 months (payroll, rent receipt...).

Once you have registered for the exam, you will receive a Driver’s License Registration Certificate (PID)) containing your harmonized prefectural registration number (NEPH).

By yourself

Registration for the driving license examination is made online on the website of theANTSANTS : National Securities Agency.

Prepare the following documents, in a photographic or scanned version:

  • If you are French, aged from 17 years to 25 years, individual certificate of participation in the Defense and Citizenship Day (JDC), or individual exemption certificate, or national service status certificate, or provisional national service status certificate.
  • If you are a foreigner, proof of regularity of the stay or, if you are exempt from a residence permit, proof of your presence in France for at least 6 months (payroll, rent receipt...).

Driver's license: register online for the exam (NEPH number assignment)

Once you have registered for the exam, you will receive a Driver’s License Registration Certificate (PID)) containing your harmonized prefectural registration number (NEPH).

You can pass the code (ETG) via a driving school or as a free candidate.

To be exempt from passing the code, you must meet at least one of the following conditions:

  • Have obtained a favorable result for the theoretical test (code) for 5 years or less
  • Have had a license category for 5 years or less, except AM category
  • Have a French driving license obtained by exchange (code 70) for 5 years or less.
    The following letters shall follow code 70: DE (Germany), AT (Austria), BE (Belgium), BG (Bulgaria), CY (Cyprus, Greek), HR (Croatia), DK (Denmark), ES (Spain), EE (Estonia), FI (Finland), GR (Greece), HU (Hungary), IE (Ireland), IT (Italy), LV (Latvia), LT (Lithuania), LU (Luxembourg), MT (Malta), NL (Netherlands), PL (Poland), PT (Portugal), CZ (Czech Republic), RO (Romania), SK (Slovakia), SI (Slovenia) SE (Sweden), IS (Iceland), LI (Liechtenstein), NO (Norway).

The code waiver may be granted if you submit one of the following documents:

  • Valid driving license obtained for 5 years or less 
  • Certificate of temporary examination of the driving license, paper or dematerialized, valid (maximum 4 months)

Warning  

Since 2021, categories A1 or A2 no longer allow for a code exemption (general theoretical test or ETG).

The driving school must offer you a standard driving education contract. That contract shall specify in particular the program and the course of training, on price training and administrative services, obligations of each, the means of payment.

The driving school reserves a place for you to take the practical test of the driving license on the RdvPermit platform.

In agreement with your instructor and according to your training schedule, you choose the examination center, date and time slot.

Once connected with the identifiers provided by your driving school, you can follow online the steps made by the school (appointment booking...).

Driving license: book a place online to take the practical test of the license

One sight test can be realized. In the event of an inconclusive test, the examiner shall inform the local department responsible for driving license examinations of: DDTDDT : Departmental Direction of the Territories, DDTMDDTM : Land and Sea Directorate (road education office) or prefecture. You then have to make an appointment to make a medical examination by an approved doctor.

The practical test shall evaluate the following points: :

  • Compliance with the provisions of the highway code
  • Vehicle knowledge and ability to detect major technical defects
  • Control and vehicle handling
  • Ability to ensure its own safety and that of other road users on any type of road
  • Ability to perceive and anticipate traffic hazards and act appropriately
  • Knowledge of basic first aid
  • Degree of autonomy in carrying out a journey
  • Ability to drive while respecting the environment and adopting a courteous and considerate behavior towards other users.

The practical test lasts 32 minutes.

The practical test shall consist of the following: :

  • Driving phase of at least 25 minutes
  • Performing 2 different maneuvers (braking to stop with precision and one maneuver in reverse)
  • Verification of a technical component inside or outside the vehicle
  • Road safety issue
  • Question on basic first aid.

To be received, you must obtain 20 or more points and do not make a eliminatory error.

For example, crossing a continuous line, left-hand traffic, failure to comply with a stop signal.

After the practical test, the inspector does not give you the result of the examination orally. You can view the result online the day after the exam.

If the result is favorable, you can download your Driver's License Examination Certificate (CRC).

The EPC, accompanied by an identity document, serves as a driver's license for 4 months from the day of the examination. The CEPC is valid only in France. In the case of law enforcement, you can present the CEPC in paper or dematerialized format.

Check the results of your driving license examination online

FYI  

If you fail a driving test, you cannot take the next test before a period of 2 days (date to date).

To obtain your B1 license, the approach is different depending on whether it is your 1era obtaining a driving license or adding a category.

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1st permit

Ask your driving school if it is taking care of asking for your driving license or if it is up to you to ask for it.

If you apply yourself, the application is made online on the website of theANTSANTS : National Securities Agency.

You need the following documents in photographic or digitized version:

  • Documents relating to the Defense and Citizenship Day (JDC) if you are french, aged from 17 to 25 years old (unless you have already provided them at the time of registration for the license examination). These shall be the individual certificate of participation in the JDC, or the individual exemption certificate, or the national service status certificate, or the provisional national service status certificate
  • If you are a foreigner, proof of regularity of the stay or, if you are exempt from a residence permit, proof of your presence in France for at least 6 months (payroll, rent receipt...).

Please note

If it's your 1er driver's license, this is a probationary permit. You must put the sign "A" on the back of your vehicle.

Adding category B1 to your license

If you already have a driver's license, you must have category B1 added on your license.

One on-line service allows you to track your driver's license application.

Track the progress of a driving license application

The period of validity of a driving license (driving license) in format credit card is 15 years.

At the end of this period, the renewal is a simple administrative procedure : there is no driving test or medical examination to be taken.

So, even if your driving license is valid 15 years, your license category remains valid for life (unless individually restricted).

However, the period of validity of the title may be small for health reasons.

Driver's license: register online for the exam (NEPH number assignment)

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