Now, drivers with licenses of categories C1, C, D1, and D, who usually operate trucks, buses, or vans, can work on tractors and harvesters without obtaining a separate tractor operator's license. Such changes in Decree No. 217 were approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on April 6, 2026, in response to the chronic shortage of agricultural machinery operators during the sowing and harvesting campaigns. This is reported by AgroReview. What machines fall under the new rules According to the updated regulations, drivers with the aforementioned license categories can work on a wide range of agricultural machinery. The list includes tractors, grain harvesters and corn harvesters, as well as self-propelled machines for harvesting root crops, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, and berries. The changes apply to machinery of categories A1, A2, B1, B2, and B3. Conditions and restrictions for drivers The key innovation is the abolition of the mandatory three-year experience requirement to ...