(1) If the offender is allowed to drive motor-vehicles in Germany on the basis of a licence granted abroad, without a driving licence having been issued by a German public authority, the disqualification order shall have the effect of a loss of the right to make use of the licence in Germany. The right to drive motor-vehicles in Germany ceases when the decision becomes final. For the duration of the ban neither a German licence may be issued nor the right to make use of the foreign licence be reinstated.

(2) If the foreign driving licence was issued by a public authority of a member state of the European Union or another signatory state of the Treaty on the European Economic Area and the holder has his domicile in Germany the driving licence shall be ordered confiscated in the judgment and sent back to the issuing authority. In all other cases the loss of the right to drive and the ban shall be endorsed on the foreign driving licences.