Brussels, 14/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - Within eighteen months, the Member States will have to issue their nationals with passports which include a photograph on a chip, and, within 36 months, they will also have to include digital fingerprints, stored on the same chip. Monday's Council adopted the regulation which brings in these provisions, on which the home affairs ministers reached political agreement at the end of October.
Biometric passports will be brought in in the 25 Member States...