Your driver’s license will soon be accessible directly on your phone, while you can file a complaint by videoconference. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced, on Wednesday May 17, the experimentation of the visiocomplaint and that of the dematerialized driving license, before their generalization during 2024 within the framework of the law of orientation and programming of the ministry. interior (Lopmi), which serves as a digital transformation plan.
The National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS) had confirmed the day before, with Franceinfothat a dematerialized version of the permit would be available on the France Identity application as soon as it is generalized in early 2024, after the unveiling of the measure by The Parisian.
“Simplify the lives of citizens”
The application, accessible on smartphones, is currently being tested by several thousand French people. It is expected that the dematerialized license will join the application in the second half of 2023, in particular for a test of the latter in the departments of Rhône, Hauts-de-Seine and Eure-et-Loir. Accessible offline, it will eventually make it possible to load a digital copy of the points permit, which will be valid in the event of a road check or identification by the police. The latter will be able to check the validity of your license simply by scanning it or using NFC technology.
“This dematerialized permit will never replace the physical version but will complement it in order to simplify the lives of citizens who are fond of digital administrative procedures”argued the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, to the Parisian. “The integration of the driving license is the first brick towards an interoperable European digital identity wallet”the ministry added on Wednesday.
Generalized remote complaint filing “current 2024”
Regarding the filing of a complaint remotely, the minister explained on Wednesday that he had been experienced since May 9 in the Yvelines department and said he wanted it to be generalized “during 2024”. Concretely, the complainant must first choose a slot on the My Security application of the Ministry of the Interior, then join a videoconference call at an agreed time. With this new device, which will make it possible to deal with all types of litigation, gendarmes and police officers hope to save time comparable to what Doctolib has enabled in the health sector. Today, only an online pre-complaint mechanism has been set up.
These dematerializations are part of the government’s broader strategy of accelerating the digitization of state administrative services, and while Lopmi has been granted an additional 15 billion euros over five years, half of which is intended for digital.
At the end of 2025, the dematerialized Vitale card should also come into force, while France Identity already hosts the digital version of the new national identity card. These digital titles will only be valid in France for the moment: you will therefore need to bring their physical version when traveling abroad.