Silvia Kolligs Living in an area of freedom

Silvia Kolligs Living in an area of freedom, security DG Justice and Home Affairs Unit B 1 -Borders and Visas. E-mail: silvia. kolligs@cec. eu. int European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

Agenda Living in an area of freedom, security 1. Proposal amending Regulation (EC) 1683/1995 on a uniformat for visa and Regulation 1030/2002 on a uniformat for residence permits for third country nationals introducing biometric identifiers 2. Proposal for a Regulation on common security standards including biometrics for EU citizens' passports 3. Technical work carried out in the Article 6 Visa Committee European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

Uniformat of Visa Living in an area of freedom, security European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

Commission proposal on the integration of biometric identifiers into the visa and residence permit (Sept 2003) • to bring forward the final date for the implementation of the photograph from 2007 to 2005 and at the same time, • require Member States to integrate biometric identifiers into the visa and the residence permit for third country nationals in a harmonised way(interoperability). • provide for the mandatory storage of the facial image as a primary biometric identifier for verification (one-to-one checks at the border); • an obligatory, second biometric identifier: fingerprint, provides the best for so-called “background checks”, in databases. Living in solution • Two flat fingerprints have been chosen as second mandatory biometric an area identifier in order to enable verification at the border post as an initial additional security element. of • Storage: on a storage medium (RF chip in compliance with ICAO) freedom, security European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

• “common approach” reached in the Council on 27 November 2003 • Opinion of the European Parliament not yet available for the final adoption. • Mandate for the Article 6 committee beginning with the technical work Living in necessary for the implementation of the an area measures. of freedom, security European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

Commission proposal on common security standards including biometric identifiers into the EU citizen’s passport (Feb 2004) – Common security features for the passports – Mandatory biometric identifier (facial image) Living in an area of freedom, security – Optional biometric identifier (fingerprint) European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

TIMING Living in an area of freedom, security Mandate of the European Council of Brussels in March 2004 to adopt the technical specifications in relation to the integration of biometrics in visa, residence permits and passports until end 2004! European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

• Implementation for Visa and Residence Permits: – – Living in • an area of freedom, security Facial image- two years after the adoption of the technical specifications (end 2006) Fingerprints –three years after the adoption of the technical specifications (end 2007) Implementation for passports: one year after the adoption of the technical specifications (end 2005) European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

Biometrics in information systems • SIS II, Schengen Information System • VIS, Visa Information System in a second step (if possible from 2007) Living in an area of freedom, security European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

Current work The Committee has decided to divide the work and to address three main issues: • Firstly, how will the storage medium be integrated or “be part” of the visa and residence permit? (D) • Secondly, what kind of storage medium is necessary for the sticker, and card models of the residence permits formats and how can they be made secure? (F) Living in • Thirdly what kind of hardware is necessary to enrol the facial image and the fingerprints and to subsequently an area store this information on the chip and read it at the of border? (NL) freedom, security European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs

• First meeting of Group two on 30 March 2004 in Berlin (next meeting 20 April) • First meeting of Group one on 14 April in Paris Meetings provided for first presentation Living in of possible solutions. Further discussion an area is necessary. of freedom, security European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Home affairs