Category C+E

Who can enrol

• A category C driving licence
• You must be 21, unless a statutory exception applies
• The course can start up to three months before you reach that age, but only someone who has reached it is admitted to the practical exam
• A physical fitness assessment card
• Normal residence in Bulgaria — at least 185 days in the last 12 months

What documents you need

• Identity card
• Your category C driving licence
• A physical fitness assessment card
• A passport-size photo

How the training works

• The training is practical — in a combination of a category C lorry and a trailer or semi-trailer
• 15 driving lessons in a real combination
• Preparing and checking the tractor unit and the trailer, hitching and unhitching
• Manoeuvres and safe driving with the combination in real traffic
• Driving at night and on an expressway or motorway, where the programme provides for it
• The hours, the route and the kilometres are logged electronically

Exams

• An internal practical exam at the school
• A state practical exam before the Executive Agency “Automobile Administration”
• If the state practical exam is failed, the regulation requires at least two extra driving lessons before the next attempt