1. The minimum age for conductors shall be 18 years.
2.
The minimum age for drivers' mates shall be 18 years. However, Member States may reduce the minimum age for drivers' mates to 16 years, provided that:
(a)
the carriage by road is carried out within one Member State within a 50 kilometre radius of the place where the vehicle is based, including local administrative areas the centre of which is situated within that radius;
(b)
the reduction is for the purposes of vocational training; and
(c)
there is compliance with the limits imposed by the Member State's national rules on employment matters.