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EU: European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on a collision course over the age children should be finger-printed for travel documents

01 November 2007

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Today the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament adopted a report on visas for visitors entering the EU which sets the limit for the fingerprinting of children at 12 years old and above - the Council (the 27 governments) want to set the standard as 5 years old and above: European Parliament press release, 21 November 2007 (pdf) The Committee report will be taken by the full plenary session of the parliament at the end of November.

As this measure is subject to co-decision by the European Parliament and the Council they have to agree on the final text. If the standard for fingerprinting children is set at 12 years old and above for visas the same standard would have to apply to EU passports and ID cards.

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