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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9549
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha

Committee on Civil Liberties agrees on reinforcement of biometric measures at Schengen Borders

Brussels, 22/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 20 November, the committee on civil liberties gave its green light to a draft regulation which will require the member states of the Schengen zone to take the 10 digital fingerprints and a photograph of the face of all those requesting a visa and wishing to enter the territory of the EU. The vote first reading on the co-decision report by UK member Philip Bradbourn (EPP-ED) is scheduled for next January. Under the terms of the amendments...

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