At 15:37 02/04/2005, Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:
This is the reaction in a letter from Jameson Sensenbrenner, chair of the relevant comittee in the US Congres to the Euro commisioner Fratini (Justice). ``The concern about the weak border control of the US will make an extra delay difficult''.
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Biometric Passports - President Bush signed legislation,
which delays until October 26, 2005
This is not the first time that this program has been delayed. Originally the biometric requirement was supposed to come into effect in 2004. Given that it is still 6 months before the deadline, I would not be suprised if the US and EU discussed this issue for a few more months, then postponed it again.
(And we nicely postponed the problem by having the fall IETF outside the US :-)
Henk
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