Contents
- 1. Identity cards issued by Member States shall be produced i…
- 10. Where Member States store data for electronic services suc…
- 11. Where Member States add additional security features to id…
- 2. The data elements included on identity cards shall comply…
- 3. The document shall bear the title ‘Identity card’ or anoth…
- 4. The identity card shall contain, on the front side, the tw…
- 5. Identity cards shall include a highly secure storage mediu…
- 6. The storage medium shall have sufficient capacity and capa…
- 7. Children under the age of 12 years may be exempt from the…
- 8. When necessary and proportionate to the aim to be achieved…
- 9. Where Member States incorporate a dual interface or a sepa…
5.Identity cards shall include a highly secure storage medium which shall contain biometric data, namely a facial image of the holder of the card and two fingerprints, in interoperable digital formats. For the capture of those two types of biometric identifiers, Member States shall apply the technical specifications as established by Commission Implementing Decision C(2018) 7767note as amended by Commission Implementing Decision C(2021) 3726note.
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