Since 19 January 2013, the categories and driver’s minimum age for motorcycles and mopeds are as follows:
| Category | Vehicle type | Minimum age of driver |
| AM | Mopeds and tricycles with a maximum speed of 45kph and light quadricycles | 16 years |
| A1 |
Motorcycles (with or without a sidecar) of 11kW or less and 125cc or less, with a maximum power/weight ratio of 0.1 kW/kg, and motor tricycles of 15 kW or less |
16 years |
| A2 | Motorcycles (with or without a sidecar) of 35kW or less, with a maximum power/weight ratio of 0.2 kW/kg, and not derived from a vehicle of more than double its power | 18 years |
| A | Motorcycles (with or without a sidecar) and motor tricycles | 24 years (20 years via progressive access) |
The categories and driver’s minimum age for cars and work vehicles are as follows:
| Category | Vehicle type | Minimum age of driver |
| B | Vehicles with seats for a maximum of 8 passengers and a maximum weight of 3,500kg (can tow a trailer where the maximum weight of the trailer when fully loaded is 750kg or less) | 17 years |
| W | Work vehicles with or without a trailer, such as a land tractor or JCB | 16 years |
Since 19 January 2013 the categories and driver’s minimum age for buses and trucks are as follows:
| Category | Vehicle type | Minimum age of driver |
| C1 | Goods vehicles between 3,500kg and 7,500kg | 18 years |
| C | Goods vehicles over 3,500kg | 21 years (18 years with a Driver Certificate of Professional Competance) |
| D1 | Passenger vehicles with accommodation for more than 8 and a maximum of 16 people | 21 years |
| D | Passenger vehicles with accommodation for more than 8 people | 24 years (21 years with a Driver Certificate of Professional Competance) |
Since 19 January 2013 the categories and minimum age of the driver that apply to a driver pulling a trailer, which has a maximum weight greater than 750kg when fully loaded, are as follows:
| Category | Vehicle type | Minimum age of driver |
| BE | Vehicles in category B with a trailer of 3,500kg maximum weight | 17 years |
| C1E | Goods vehicles in category C1 where the combined weight of vehicle and trailer when fully loaded is not more than 12,000kg
Vehicles in category B with a trailer of over 3,500kg and where the combined weight of vehicle and trailer when fully loaded is not more than 12,000kg, |
18 years |
| CE | Goods vehicles in category C with a trailer (includes articulated trucks) | 21 years (18 years with a Driver Certificate of Professional Competance) |
| D1E | Passenger vehicles in category D1 with a trailer | 21 years |
| DE | Passenger vehicles in category D with a trailer | 24 years (21 years with a Driver Certificate of Professional Competance) |