PASSPORT BIOMETRICS
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed regulations insisting that that all new European Union (EU) passports should contain digital photographs integrated into an inside page and that all visas and residence permits should contain fingerprint records. The passport images would have to be machine readable, and not be stuck on paper, as at present. Assuming the proposal is approved by MEPs and ministers, it could come into force next year. Anti-counterfeiting standards would also be introduced, insisting upon duo-tone watermarks, security reagents to ...
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