Annexes to COM(2001)157-3 - Uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2001)157-3 - Uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals. |
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| document | COM(2001)157  |
| date | June 13, 2002 |
(a) Description
The residence permit will be produced either as a sticker, if possible in ID 2 format, or as a stand-alone document in ID 1 or ID 2 format. It will be based on the specifications set out in the ICAO documents on machine-readable visas (document 9303, part 2) or on machine-readable travel documents (cards) (document 9303, part 3). It will contain the following entries:
1. The title of the document (residence permit) will appear in the language(s) of the issuing Member State(1).
2. The document number (with special security features and preceded by an identification letter).
3.1. Name: surname and forename(s) in that order(2).
4.2. "Valid until" will indicate the relevant expiry date or, where appropriate, a word to indicate unlimited validity.
5.3. Place of issue and date of beginning of validity: the place and date of issue of the residence permit(3).
6.4. Type of permit: the specific type of residence permit issued by the Member State to the third-country national(4). The residence permit of a member of the family of a citizen of the European Union who has not exercised the right of free movement must contain the entry "family member".
7.5.-9. Remarks: Member States may enter details and indications for national use necessary in the light of their national provisions on third-country nationals, including indications relating to any permission to work(5).
8. Date/signature/authorisation: where appropriate, the signature and seal of the issuing authority and/or the signature of the holder.
9. The printed area will contain the national emblem of the Member State to distinguish the residence permit and provide a safeguard of its national origin.
10. Machine-readable area. Machine-readable area will conform to ICAO guidelines.
11. The machine-readable area will contain a printed text indicating exclusively the Member State concerned. This text may not affect the technical features of the machine-readable area.
12. Metallised latent image effect, including the country code of the Member State, if a sticker is used.
13. OVD (optically variable device) (kinegram or equivalent sign) which provides a quality of identification and a level of security not less than the device used in the current uniform format for visas.
14. If the residence permit is produced as a stand-alone document, an identity photograph will be affixed in this space and secured by being integrated in the structure of the card or by means of a hot-seal laminate, the optically variable device being incorporated in each case.
If the residence permit is produced as a sticker, this space will contain a photograph produced according to high security standards.
15. The following additional information boxes will be provided on the back in the case of a stand-alone document:
- date and place of birth(6),
- nationality(7),
- sex(8),
- remarks(9).
The address of the permit holder may also be indicated(10).
(b) Colour, printing process
The Member States will establish the colour and the printing process in accordance with the uniform format set out in this Annex and the technical specifications to be established in accordance with Article 2 of this Regulation.
(c) Material
The paper used for the residence permit giving biographical or other data must meet the following minimum requirements:
- no optical brighteners,
- duo-tone watermarks,
- security reagents to guard against attempts at tampering by chemical erasure,
- coloured fibres (partly visible, partly fluorescent under UV light),
- UV-fluorescent planchettes.
No watermarks are used if the residence permit is issued in the form of a sticker.
If a card for biographical data is made entirely of plastic, it is not usually possible to incorporate the authentication marks used in paper. The lack of such marks must therefore be compensated for by the use of security printing techniques, OVDs, or issuing techniques which go beyond the following enhanced security standards. The basic security features of the materials used should be of a uniform design.
(d) Printing techniques
The following printing techniques will be employed:
- Background printing:
two-tone guilloches,
fluorescent rainbow colouring,
UV-fluorescent overprinting,
effective anti-counterfeiting and falsification motifs,
reagent inks must be used on paper cards and stickers.
The lay-out of the front of a card will be distinguishable from the back of the card.
- Form printing:
with integrated micro printing (unless already included in background printing).
- Numbering:
printed (where possible with a special style of figures or typeface and in UV-fluorescent ink) or, in the case of cards, integrated, using the same technique as for the biographical data. For stickers, printed numbering using fluorescent ink and a special style of figures is obligatory.
If stickers are used, intaglio printing with latent image effect, micro text and optically variable ink will also be employed. Additional optically variable security devices will also be used on cards made entirely of plastic, at least through the use of optically variable ink or equivalent measures. The basic features of the security printing should be of a uniform design.
(e) Protection against copying
An OVD providing a quality of identification and a level of security not less than the device used in the current uniform format for visas will be used on the residence permit sticker or on the front of the residence permit card. This OVD will be incorporated into the structure of the card, into the hot-sealed laminate or as an OVD overlay, or, on stickers, as metallised OVD (with intaglio overprinting).
(f) Issuing technique
To ensure that residence permit data are properly secured against attempts at counterfeiting and falsification, biographical data including the photograph, the holder's signature and the other main data will in future be integrated into the basic material of the document. Conventional methods of attaching the photograph will no longer be used.
The following issuing techniques may be used:
- laser printing,
- thermo-transfer,
- ink-jet printing,
- photographic,
- laser engraving.
To ensure that biographical issue data are adequately protected against attempts at tampering, hot-seal lamination with OVD security laminate will be compulsory where laser printing, thermo-transfer or photographic techniques are used. Residence permits in card form should also be laminated in this manner when issued using ink-jet printing. Since multiple hot-seal lamination of travel documents is not feasible when residence permits are affixed in the form of stickers, ink-jet printing will be the only possible technique for issuing stickers. Laser engraving will be used for plastic cards (made entirely or partly of synthetics).
(g) Member States have the possibility, with regard to points (c), (d) and (e), to introduce further security features provided that these are in conformity with decisions already taken on these matters.
The technical requirements and the security features will correspond to the requirements and specifications set out in Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 laying down a uniform format for visas.
Residence permit for third-country nationals in card form
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Residence permit for third-country nationals in sticker form
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(1) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(2) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(3) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(4) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(5) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(6) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(7) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(8) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(9) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.
(10) Where this information appears in an official language using non-Latin characters, it should be transliterated in Latin characters.