do spanish new style licenses have a paper bit?

[d8mok]

As per title. My girlfriend is spanish and coming to live here in the uk. She says she has only the card part of the license and in spain they dont have the paper bit?

Most people in the uk dont relaise they have a paper bit still so im unsure if this is true.

cheers

[MattDell]

This doesn't completely answer your question, but I'm an American and find it bizarre that there is a paper bit to the license. There we only have the photocard bit so I'm not surprised Spain does the same.

[d8mok]

Thanks for the reply. Im kinda hoping there isnt one , as if there is she will have lost it. However i will be eating humble pie as i was convinced all the eu had it the same

[Chris944_S2]

I recently swapped my French one for a Swiss one (not in EU but they use the same system), both are card only. I don't know about Spain but I'm guessing the paper bit is a purely British thing. Had the French one in the UK for many years and its not an issue since EU licenses are valid all over the EU, regardless of which country you live in or where you obtained your license from.

You can keep EU licenses in the UK up to the age of 70 or for up to 3 years, whichever is the longest. So enter the UK at 18 and you keep it until 70, enter at 69 and you keep it until you're 72. If you get points and can't put it on the foreign license, DVLA will issue you with a Counterpart British License to put the points on but you keep your original.

I don't see the point in swapping for a UK license, its just a waste of money. Insurance is the same regardless (and if they discriminate, you can take them to court).

[Magic919]

Licence here in UK.

[Graebob]

angloinfo.com said:

A Spanish driving licence (licencia de conducción) is the standard EU model: a plastic, credit card-sized permit with photograph. Older licences are laminated pink cards with a photograph of the holder.

http://costablanca.angloinfo.com/countries/spain/drivlicence.asp

[Deva Link]

d8mok said:

Thanks for the reply. Im kinda hoping there isnt one , as if there is she will have lost it. However i will be eating humble pie as i was convinced all the eu had it the same

Spain doesn't have one and it's being done away with here in 2015.

[d8mok]

Cheers guys.