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to the table of contents of Council Regulation (EC) No 2252-2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member StatesDisclaimer
 
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Article 1
 
 Text of the act(Considered status of legislation: 1. April 2008)

1. Passports and travel documents issued by Member States shall comply with the minimum security standards set out in the Annex.

2. Passports and travel documents shall include a storage medium which shall contain a facial image. Member States shall also include fingerprints in interoperable formats. The data shall be secured and the storage medium shall have sufficient capacity and capability to guarantee the integrity, the authenticity and the confidentiality of the data.

3. This Regulation applies to passports and travel documents issued by Member States. It does not apply to identity cards issued by Member States to their nationals or to temporary passports and travel documents having a validity of 12 months or less.
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