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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9802

12 December 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
Fingerprinting for passports from age 12

Brussels, 11/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - In future, children under 12 years of age will not have to give their fingerprints for passports within the Union, the civil liberties committee of the European Parliament agreed in a codecision report adopted on Monday 8 December. The parliamentary committee had been called upon to give its stance on changes to the 2004 regulation defining the biometric elements to be included in passports and other travel documents, including the holder's...

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