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Council Regulation (EU) 2025/1208 of 12 June 2025 on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement (Text with EEA relevance) article 5 CELEX: 32025R1208 Phasing out
1. Identity cards which do not meet the requirements set out in Article 3 shall cease to be valid at their expiry or by 3 August 2031, whichever is earlier. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1: (a) identity cards which do not meet the minimum security standards set out in part 2 of ICAO document 9303 or which do not include a functional MRZ, as defined in paragraph 3, shall cease to be valid at their expiry or by 3 August 2026, whichever is earlier; (b) identity cards of persons aged 70 and above at 2 August 2021, which meet the minimum security standards set out in part 2 of ICAO document 9303 and which have a functional MRZ, as defined in paragraph 3, shall cease to be valid at their expiry. 3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, a functional MRZ shall mean: (a) a machine-readable zone compliant with ICAO document 9303; or (b) any other machine-readable zone for which the issuing Member State notifies the rules required for reading and displaying the information contained therein. |