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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8657

3 March 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/borders
Neither Europeans nor Americans will be ready for biometric passports on 26 October - EU membership will not allow new members to be exempt from visa requirement for United States - Commissioner Vitorino to visit United States in May

Brussels, 02/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - Will the United States impose the visa requirement on European travellers from 26 October 2004 or postpone this buffer date? These two alternatives are envisaged by the US Administration but "it all depends on Congress", which must decide to adjust its legislation or not, Marc Meznar, of the USA Mission in the EU, told Agence Europe. It is in fact clear that Europeans will not have the biometric passports required by Washington by that date to be able...

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