2 Amendments of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD related to 2007/0216(COD)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a
(2) the followingIn Article 1, paragraph 2a ishall be inserted after paragraph 2: "2a. The following persons shall be exempt from the requirement to give fingerprints: (a) children under the age of 612; the age from which children are required to provide fingerprints shall be considered to be provisional and shall be reviewed after three years in accordance with Article 5a; (b) persons, where fingerprinting is physically impossible."
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 k (new)
Article 1 – point 2 k (new)
Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
(2k) Article 5a shall be inserted: "Article 5a Within three years of the entry into force of the amending Regulation, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of this Regulation. The report shall include: (i) a large scale and in-depth study carried out by an independent authority, which shall examine the reliability and technical feasibility of using the fingerprints of children under the age of 12 for identification and verification purpose; (ii) an analysis of the need for common rules regarding the way in which documents that need to be presented in order to obtain a passport or travel document (the so-called "breeder" documents) are produced and which of them are required for a passport or travel document; (iii) a study comparing the false rejection rates occurring in each Member State and - based on the results of that study - an analysis of the need for common rules regarding the matching process. If necessary, the report shall be accompanied by proposals to adapt this Regulation."