Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2018)212 - Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and family members exercising their right of free movement - Main contents
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1. CONTEXTOFTHEPROPOSAL
• Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
Ensuring the security of travel and identity documents is a key element in the fight against terrorism and organised crime and building genuine Security Union. Many of the initiatives taken by the EU in recent years to enhance and reinforce external border management rely upon secure travel and identity documents. The recent amendment of the Schengen Borders Code1 makes it obligatory to systematically check all persons and verify their travel documents, regardless of the holder’s nationality, against the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the Interpol Stolen and Lost Travel Document (SLTD) database.
EU citizens are increasingly mobile. More than 15 million EU citizens reside in and more than 11 million work in a Member State other than their country of nationality.2 Over a billion people travel every year within the EU or cross its external borders.3
This proposal for a Regulation is part of the Action Plan of December 2016 to strengthen the European response to travel document fraud,4 in which the Commission identified actions to address the issue of document security, including identity cards and residence documents, in the context of recent terrorist attacks in Europe. The objectives of that Action Plan were subsequently endorsed by Council Conclusions5, which followed on the Council's repeated calls to improve the security of identity and residence documents.6
Already in its 2016 Communication on Enhancing security in a world of mobility: improved information exchange in the fight against terrorism and stronger external borders,7 the Commission underlined the need for secure travel and identity documents wherever it is necessary to establish beyond doubt a person’s identity, stressing that an improved approach would rely on robust systems to prevent abuses and the threats to internal security arising from failings in document security. Moreover, in the 2017 Citizenship report, the Commission committed to analysing policy options to improve the security of identity cards and residence
documents.8
Of twenty-six EU Member States that issue identity cards to their nationals, identity card ownership is common and compulsory in 15 Member States.9 In accordance with EU law on
Regulation (EU) 2017/458 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders.
2016 Annual report on intra-EU labour mobility (2015 data).
Tables on cross-border trips of EU citizens 2015 (all reasons) - ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained. COM(2016) 790 final.
Council Conclusions on the Commission Action plan to strengthen the European response to travel document fraud adopted on 27 March 2017 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pressreleases">www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases.
Already in 2005, Member States unanimously adopted Council Conclusions on minimum standards relating to the security of issuing processes for Member States’ identity cards (Council doc. 14390/05). This was followed by a Resolution in 2006
register.consilium.europa.eu/doc/srv?l=EN&f=ST%2014938%202006%20INIT. COM(2016) 602 final.
Council Conclusion on the EU Citizenship Report 2017 adopted on 11 May 2017 data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document.
In addition in five other Member States citizens are obliged to hold a non-specific document for identification purposes. In practice this very frequently is an identity card.
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free movement of persons (Directive 2004/38/EC10), identity cards can be used by EU citizens as travel documents, both when travelling within the EU and also to enter the EU from non-EU countries, and they are indeed frequently used for travel. Moreover, Member States have agreements with a number of third countries allowing EU citizens to travel using their national identity cards. This also includes travelling to third countries to engage in terrorist activities and return to the EU.
Currently, security levels of national ID cards delivered by Member States and of residence documents for EU nationals residing in another Member State and their family members vary significantly, which increases the risk of falsification and document fraud as well as leading to practical difficulties for citizens when they seek to exercise their right of free movement.
EU citizens also use their identity cards to establish their identity in their daily life for public and private entities when exercising their right to reside in another EU country (mobile EU citizens).
In line with Directive 2004/38/EC, mobile citizens and their family members, who are not nationals of a Member State, also receive documents proving their residence in their host Member State. While these residence documents are not travel documents, residence cards for those family members of mobile EU citizens, who themselves are not nationals of a Member State, used together with a passport grant the holder the right to enter the EU without a visa when they accompany or join an EU citizen.
Forgery of documents or false representation of material facts concerning the conditions attached to the right of residence have been identified as the most relevant case of fraud in the context of the Directive,11 which in turn enables fight against such fraud in its Article 35.
Against this background, it is crucial that the EU and especially the Member States intensify efforts to improve the security of documents issued to EU citizens and their third-country national family members. Enhanced document security is an important factor in improving the security within the EU and at its borders and in supporting the move towards an effective and genuine Security Union. The inclusion of biometric identifiers, and particularly the inclusion of fingerprints, renders documents more reliable and secure. In that context, it is of crucial importance to phase out documents with weak security features as quickly as possible.
The European Commission 2018 Work Programme includes the presentation of a legislative initiative (REFIT) to improve the security of identity cards and residence documents issued to EU citizens and their family members, who are not nationals of a Member State.12 The aim is to enhance European security by closing security gaps resulting from insecure documents and to facilitate the exercise of EU free movement rights by mobile EU citizens and their family members by increasing the reliability and acceptance of their documents in cross-border situations.
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Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of Member States (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77). COM (2009) 313 final.
This topic was also discussed in the framework of the REFIT Platform (REFIT Platform Opinion on the submission by a citizen (LtL 242) on Identity and Travel Documents, 7 June 2017). The REFIT Platform encouraged the Commission to analyse the feasibility of harmonising identity and residence documents, or any of their key features, with a view to facilitating free movement and tackling the challenges faced by EU mobile citizens in their host countries.
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• Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area
The EU offers its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal borders, in which the free movement of persons is ensured in conjunction with appropriate measures with respect to external border management, asylum, immigration and the prevention and combating of crime and terrorism. Europeans consider free movement to be a major achievement of European integration. It covers the right to enter and leave the territory of another Member State, and the right to stay and live there. Measures regarding free movement are inseparable from measures introduced to guarantee security within the European Union.
Many of the EU's security measures rely upon secure travel and identity documents – such as the systematic checks established by the Schengen Border Code13 in the Schengen Information System. Enhancing the exchange of information through the interoperability of EU information systems for security, borders and migration management as recently proposed by the Commission14, will also depend on enhanced document security, including for conducting identity checks by competent authorities within the territory of EU Member States.
The Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC) sets out the conditions for the exercise of the right of free movement and residence (both temporary and permanent) in the Union for EU citizens and their family members. This Directive provides that, in conjunction with a valid identity card or passport, EU citizens and their family members may enter and live in another Member State and apply for the appropriate residence documentation. The Directive, however, does not regulate the format and standards for identity cards to be used to enter or leave EU Member States. Similarly, it does not provide for specific standards for residence documents issued to EU citizens and their non-EU family members, apart from the title to be given to the latter ones, i.e. 'Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen' (see Article 10(1) of Directive 2004/38).
In recent years, EU standards have been introduced for several identity and travel documents used in Europe. EU law already provides for standards for security features and biometrics (facial image and fingerprints) in passports and travel documents issued by Member States15 and for uniform formats for visas16 and residence permits for third-country nationals.17 These standards are also used for local border permits18 and permits issued in the framework of the EU legislation in relation to legal migration. A new common design for residence permits for third-country nationals has recently been adopted with the aim of further improving the security features on these.19 In the absence of harmonisation measures, Member States can
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- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework
- 2004/512/EC, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Council Decision 2008/633/JHA, Regulation (EU)
- 2016/399 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1954 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017
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- Chapter V sets out
Regulation (EU) 2017/458 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 amending
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external
borders.
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework
for interoperability between EU information systems (police and judicial cooperation, asylum and
migration), COM(2017) 794 final.
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework
for interoperability between EU information systems (borders and visa) and amending Council Decision
Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 (OJ L 385, 29.12.2004, p.1). UK and IE are not part of this measure.
Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 (OJ L 164, 14.7.1995, p.1).
Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 (OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p.1).
Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 (OJ L 405, 30.12.2006, p.
1).
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits
for third-country nationals.
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choose their desired format for residence and permanent residence cards for third-country national family members of mobile EU citizens. In doing so, they can choose to follow the same 'uniform format' as provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals20 amended as mentioned above in 2017, provided that their status of family members of a Union citizen is clearly indicated on the card and that confusion with residence permits which are the subject of Regulation 1030/2022 is avoided.21 In 2008, Member States expressed their will to use the uniform format for this purpose in a Council statement,22 and several Member States followed this – legally non-binding - commitment.
2. LEGALBASIS, SUBSIDIARITYAND PROPORTIONALITY
• Legal basis
Article 21 TFEU confers on EU citizens the right to move and reside freely within the territory of EU Member States. Article 21 provides for the possibility for the Union to act and to adopt provisions with a view to facilitating the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States if action to attain this objective is necessary to facilitate the exercise of this right. The ordinary legislative procedure applies.
The proposed Regulation aims to facilitate the exercise of the right to free movement of EU citizens in a secure environment, i.e. to facilitate their right to travel to and reside in any Member State with their national identity cards and to rely on these cards there as reliable proof of nationality, as well as their right to rely on the residence documentation issued to them as residents of a Member State other than their country of nationality.
The proposal will provide for more secure documents, through improved security features of national identity cards and residence documents, which will allow exercising free movement rights in a more secure environment. This will protect public authorities and EU citizens and their family members from crime, falsification and document fraud. Accordingly, this proposal contributes to improving the overall security within the EU.
Article 21(2) TFEU expressly provides a legal basis for measures to facilitate the exercise of free movement of EU citizens, including by reducing the risk of fraud in the form of forgery of documents and by ensuring the trust needed for free movement.
• Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)
The terrorist threat facing the European Union is transnational and cannot be tackled by individual Member States alone. Terrorists and serious criminals are active across borders, and, as underlined in the 2016 Action Plan, document fraud has become an enabler of their criminal activity. Secure identity cards and residence documents are essential elements to ensure the trust needed for free movement within an area of freedom and security.
In addition, the European Union is committed to facilitating the free movement of persons within an area of freedom, security and justice. To date, individual Member States have exercised their competences to implement national policies regarding identity and residence documents without necessarily taking into account the objective of facilitating free movement of persons or of improving security within the Union. Several measures have already been
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 of 13 June 2002 laying down a uniform format for residence
permits for third-country nationals (OJ L 157 of 15.6.2002, p.
1).
As recognised in Article 5a of Council Regulation 1030/2002.
Council Document of 11 June 2008 (13.06), PV/CONS 26 JAI 188, 8622/08 ADD 1.
taken to tackle problems identified at the national level. For example, some Member States have created online registries allowing public and private sector organisations to check the authenticity of documents. However, there is no common approach to improving the security features of these documents and establishing the data that documents should provide as a minimum. This results in continuing problems across Member States and is an open door to document fraud.
If measures are not taken consistently EU level, security gaps will not be comprehensively addressed. The absence of EU level action will also result in more practical problems for EU citizens, national authorities and businesses in a context where citizens live and travel around the Union, and across the Union’s borders. Addressing systemic problems in relation to security and free movement, to ensure a high level of security for national identity cards and residence documents and through minimum common standards, clearly requires action on an EU scale. The objectives of any initiative to remedy the current situation cannot be achieved at a national level. All these documents have an intrinsic European dimension because of their connection with the exercise of free movement rights in an area of freedom, security and justice.
This proposed Regulation would not require Member States to issue documents that are not currently issued.
• Proportionality
EU action can add considerable value in addressing these challenges and is in many cases the only way by which a converged and compatible system can be achieved and maintained. Security within the European Union and at its external borders has been placed under considerable strain in recent months and years. Ongoing security challenges have underlined the inextricable link between free movement of persons inside the European Union and robust external border management. Measures to improve security and external border management, such as the systematic checks against databases on all persons, including EU citizens, crossing the external borders are weakened if the main instrument for identifying citizens is problematic even within a national context.
Citizens can also not rely on their documents to exercise their rights if they cannot be sure their documents will be accepted outside their Member State(s) of issuance.
Eliminating the ‘weakest links’ and introducing minimum standards for the information provided on these document and for security features common to all Member States that issue them, will facilitate the exercise of free movement and improve security within the EU and at its borders. Many Member States have already developed and introduced tamper-proof identity cards. Complete harmonisation is not warranted and a proportionate measure ensuring minimum document security standards is proposed. This includes the introduction of mandatory fingerprints, which are the most reliable way of establishing the identity of a person, and a proportionate measure in light of the security threats facing the Union. For residence cards issued to third-country family members, it is suggested to use the same format as already agreed at Union level in Regulation 1030/2002 in respect of residence permits of third-country nationals to which it applies.
• Choice of the instrument
A Regulation is the sole legal instrument ensuring the direct and common implementation of EU law in all Member States. In a field where divergences have proved detrimental to free movement and security, a regulation will ensure that the desired commonality is achieved.
3. STAKEHOLDERCONSULTATIONSANDIMPACTASSESSMENTS
• Stakeholder consultations
The consultation process combined tools of a more general reach such as a public consultation with more targeted consultations of Member States and stakeholder groups. In addition, the consultation took into account the direct feedback received from citizens and the opinion expressed by the REFIT platform encouraging the Commission to analyse the feasibility of harmonising identity and residence documents, or any of their key features, with a view to facilitating free movement and tackling the challenges faced by EU mobile citizens in their host countries.
Detailed information on the results of the consultation process can be found in Annex 2 of the Impact Assessment accompanying this proposal.
• Collection and use of expertise
The Commission awarded a contract to the Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services (CSES) to carry out a study on ‘EU policy initiatives on residence and identity documents to facilitate the exercise of the right of free movement’ (finalised in August 2017).
A review of the concepts of the initiative was carried out by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
A study conducted by Milieu for the European Parliament “The Legal and Political Context for setting up a European Identity Document, May 2016 also provided useful information.23
Impact
assessment
The Impact Assessment supporting this proposal received a positive opinion by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, with some suggestions for improvement.24 The impact assessment considered a number of options for identity cards and residence documents compared with the status quo: including soft law measures, minimum common requirements and wider harmonisation. The status quo was considered unsatisfactory and wider harmonisation was not considered proportionate.
The preferred option was therefore setting minimum security standards for identity cards and minimum common requirements for residence documents issued to EU citizens, and, in the case of the residence cards for third country family members of EU citizens, the use of the common uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals. This is to be accompanied by soft law measures, to ensure smooth implementation that is tailored to the specific situation and needs of each Member State.
The measures in this option will improve the acceptance of documents across the EU and the enhanced document security features it provides for will yield direct and recurrent cost savings and reduced hassle costs for Union citizens and their family members, public administrations (e.g. border guards checking documents) and public and private service operators (e.g. airlines, health, banks and insurance and social security providers).
Other benefits of the preferred option include a reduction of document fraud and identity theft and a generally improved level of security (reduction of crime, fraud and terrorism) within the EU and at its borders. Mandatory fingerprints were added to the preferred option for identity cards in order to further increase effectiveness in terms of security. The inclusion of two biometric identifiers (facial image, fingerprints) will improve the identification of persons and
23 www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016">www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016 L_STU (2016)556957_E N.pdf.
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align the level of document security of identity cards of EU citizens and residence cards issued to third country family members to the standards of, respectively, passports issued to EU citizens and residence permits issued to third country nationals who are not family members of EU citizens). Free movement of persons will also be facilitated by improved documents as they will allow for quicker, easier and more secure use of documents.
The phasing out period of identity cards and residence cards for family members of EU citizens that do not comply with the standards set out in the preferred option was shortened to 5 years. The least secure documents shall be phased out within 2 years. Any further delays in implementing these modifications would create long-term security gaps and diminish the effectiveness of and coherence with other recently adopted security measures within the EU and at its external borders. Hence, the shorter phasing out will accelerate the security gains to be provided by the improved documents.
• Regulatory fitness and simplification
The initiative is included in the Commission Work Programme 2018 under the REFIT initiatives in the Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust.
This initiative responds to an opinion of the REFIT Platform. In its opinion25, the REFIT Platform encouraged the Commission to analyse the feasibility of harmonising identity and residence documents, or any of their key features, with a view to facilitating free movement and tackling the challenges encountered by EU mobile citizens in their host countries.
The Commission also looked at opportunities to simplify and reduce burdens. The beneficiaries of this proposal range from citizens to businesses and public administrations. The impact assessment estimated annual recurrent cost savings generated by inter alia accelerated pre-boarding checks across the EU, by accelerated document checks across the EU when opening a bank account, by reduced compensation payments for authorities and airlines. Citizens, businesses and public administrations will also benefit from reduced hassle costs through better awareness of document formats and the rights linked to the documents, through improved acceptance of more secure documents.
• Fundamental rights and data protection
This proposal positively affects the fundamental right on freedom of movement and of residence under Article 45 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Charter) by addressing the difficulties in recognition and insufficient security of both identity cards and residence documents, particularly for non-EU family members. More reliable identification of individuals will be possible through the use of biometric data ensuring personal data is accurate and protected appropriately.
This proposal implies processing of personal data including biometric data. There are potential impacts on individuals’ fundamental rights, namely Article 7 of the Charter on the respect of private life and Article 8 on the right to the protection of personal data. Processing the personal data of individuals, including collection, access and use of personal data, affects the right to privacy and the right to protection of personal data under the Charter. Interference with these fundamental rights must be justified.26
REFIT Platform Opinion XIII.3a adopted in June 2017
The CJEU established the criteria for justification of such interference in the context of Regulation 2252/2004 in Case C-291/12 Schwarz v Stadt Bochum, ECLI:EU:C:2013:670. It recalled that limitations to Charter rights must be ‘provided for by law, respect the essence of those rights, and, in accordance with the principle of proportionality, [be] necessary and genuinely meet objectives of general interest recognised by the Union or the need to protect the rights and freedoms of others’ and
As regards the right to the protection of personal data including data security, the relevant EU legislation27 i.e. Regulation 2016/679 applies. No derogation from the data protection regime of the Union is envisaged and clear rules, conditions and robust safeguards shall be implemented by Member States in line with the EU data protection acquis as appropriate. The compulsory inclusion of biometric data in identity cards of EU citizens and residence cards issued to non-EU family members of Union citizens will be implemented with specific safeguards in line with those in place for passports and other travel documents28 and that for residence permits.29
4. BUDGETARYIMPLICATIONS
The proposal has no implications for the EU budget.
5. OTHERELEMENTS
• Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements
In order to ensure an effective implementation of the measures foreseen, and monitor its results, the Commission will continue working closely with relevant stakeholders from national authorities and EU agencies.
The Commission will adopt a monitoring programme for monitoring the outputs, results and impacts of this Regulation. The monitoring programme shall set out the means by which and the intervals at which the data and other necessary evidence will be collected. Member States should report to the Commission one year after the start of application and subsequently on an annual basis, some information that is considered essential to effectively monitor the functioning of this Regulation. Most of this information will be gathered by the competent authorities during the course of their duties and will therefore not require additional data collection efforts.
The Commission will evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the resulting legal framework, no sooner than 6 years after the date of application to ensure that there is enough data relating to the application of the Regulation. The evaluation shall include stakeholders’ consultations to collect feedback on the effects of the legislative changes and the soft measures implemented. The benchmark against which progress will be measured is the baseline situation when the legislative act enters into force.
• Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal
Chapter I (Articles 1 and 2) of the proposal describes the subject matter and the scope of the Regulation. It concerns all documents linked to the exercise of free movement by EU citizens and their family members, and which are mentioned in Directive 2004/38/EC on Free
found that the objective ‘to prevent the falsification of passports and the second, to prevent fraudulent use thereof’ met those criteria.
27 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance) and Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA.
28 Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004.
29 Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002.
Movement. These include national identity cards which allow to exit and to enter another Member State, residence documents issued to EU citizens and residence cards issued to non-EU family members of EU citizens.
Chapter II details in Article 3 the general requirements including minimum security features that national identity cards must meet. They draw on the specifications in ICAO document 9303. These ICAO specifications are common to machine-readable travel documents and ensure global interoperability when these documents are verified using visual inspection and machine readable means.
Article 4 describes the specific requirements that must be taken into account when collecting biometric data.
Article 5 provides for a five-year phasing out period of previous formats, except for cards which are not machine-readable in accordance with ICAO document 9303, part 3 (seventh edition, 2015), which will have to be phased out within two years from the date of application of the Regulation. These phasing out periods allow the EU and its Member States to fill the existing security gap for identity cards as quickly as possible, while also taking into account interoperability requirements if identity cards do not meet the standards set in ICAO document 9303 part 3 on machine readability.
Chapter III (Article 6) deals with residence documents issued to EU citizens. These documents are available to EU citizens who have exercised their right of free movement and state their right of residence in their host Member State, which is granted directly by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
They are also a means of proof of residence. Minimum security standards in relation to the format of these documents will facilitate their verification and authentication by other Member States, in particular in the citizen's Member State of origin.
Chapter IV deals with residence cards issued to family members of EU citizens who have exercised their right of free movement. Those cards are issued to such family members who are not themselves Union citizens. They state their derived right of residence in their host Member State as family members of EU nationals who have exercised their right of free movement. In addition, where such family members are subject to an entry visa obligation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 or, where appropriate, with national law, residence cards exempt them from the obligation to hold a visa when accompanying or joining a citizen of the Union.
As a document which may entail a visa exemption in these circumstances, the level of security of its features should be reinforced. Specifically, the security features should be the same as provided for, in respect of residence permits delivered to non-EU residents by Member States, by Council Regulation (EC) 1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals (Article 7) as amended. However, as provided for in Article 10(1) of Directive 2004/38/EC, a reference to the status as family member of a citizen of the Union must be included in the title of the document. Member States may use a standardised code, in particular if the reference is too long to fit into the title field.
Details of the arrangement for phasing out non-compliant residence cards are set out in Article 8. Cards that have already been issued in the uniform format as described in Council Regulation 1030/2002 as amended by Regulation 380/2008 but do not yet contain the changes introduced by Regulation (EU) 2017/1954, will be phased out within five years after the date of application of the proposed Regulation. For the other cards, which have not yet included the amendments introduced by Regulation 380/2008, and which do not match that level of document security, a shorter phasing out of two years is foreseen.
common provisions for the three types of documents.
Article 9 describes the obligation for Member States to designate contact points for the implementation of the Regulation.
Article 10 sets out the data protection framework and further specify data protection safeguards.
Article 11 sets out that the Commission shall establish a detailed programme for monitoring the outputs, results and impacts of this Regulation.
Article 12 sets out that the Commission should present a Report on the implementation of this Regulation and a Report on the main findings of the evaluation to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee. The Commission should carry out the evaluation of this Regulation in line with the Commission's better regulation Guidelines and pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional Agreement of 13 April 201630. In order to be able to issue such a Report, the Commission needs to rely on input from Member States.
Article 13 provides for the entry into force of the Regulation the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commission, and its date of application 12 months after its entry into force.
30 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and
the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016; OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14.