ah no, my licence is british, it's just shorthand for the way they do points when you do something naughty that incurs them in a country in the eu where you don't have a licence in that country.
so when i was busted using my phone in france, i paid the 90€ fine, and a "shadow" licence was created on the french system with my uk licence number and details and 3 points were added to it. being done for speeding will add another 3 (presumably it's 3) to that licence.
(i just looked and i reckon it's 1 point and 68€ fine... could be worse!
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