Overview
- The government approved a modernization package with roughly 80 measures and a bill creating the legal basis for a smartphone licence.
- The transport ministry targets national availability by end-2026, ahead of an EU-wide digital licence expected around 2030.
- The digital credential will complement the physical card and is meant to ease everyday use cases such as car-sharing and rentals.
- The agenda plans to centralize online vehicle registration at the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, relieving about 400 local authorities of separate portals with timing still to be set.
- The bill also introduces digital parking controls and an explicit ban on commercial trading of Flensburg penalty points with fines up to €30,000, and it has been sent to Bundestag and Bundesrat.