EU asks for more time on new passports

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Series Details 30.3.05
Publication Date 30/03/2005
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Amid concerns that most European countries will not meet the US deadline of October 2005 for countries to issue high-technology passports, the European Union has asked the US Congress to extend the deadline until August 2006. Only six Member States will meet the existing deadline for issuing biometric passports.

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