D3.6: Study on ID Documents

Country 

Name 

Card (C) or Procedure (P) 

Purposes covered (see )

Technology or technologies used

Status, Comments, References

Europe 

European Passport 

C 

Ident 

RFID, Bio (Face, later Finger) 

Concept, prototypes and early implemen­tations (e.g. in Germany); implementation until October 2006, see chapter .

Austria 

“Bürger-karte” 

P 

Sign 

Cert, ElSig, requires PKI 

Implemented since 2005, especially for e-government, see chapter  

e-card 

C 

e-health (Option: Sign) 

SmCh 

Implemented since 2005 with 8.3 Mio users 

Belgium 

ID Card 

C 

Ident (Option: Sign) 

SmCh, Cert, ElSig, requires PKI 

Implemented since 2005, see chapter .

Finland 

FINEID Card 

P 

Sign 

Cert, ElSig 

Implemented since 1999, see chapter .

France 

e-ID Card 

C 

Ident 

RFID, Bio (Face, later Finger) 

INES concept (Identité Nationale Électronique Sécurisée); implementation planned to start in 2007.

Germany 

ID Card 

C 

Ident (Option: Sign) 

SmCh, Cert, (Option: ElSig) 

Concept; implementation planned in 2007

E-Health Card 

C 

e-health (Option: Sign) 

SmCh, Cert, (Option: ElSig) 

Prototype, see chapter  

“JobCard” 

P 

Requires Sign, used for SocIn 

Requires ElSig and PKI 

Concept, planned to start in 2007. Aim is to centralise different procedures concerning social insurance in Germany. The access of the insurance holder to this information shall be possible via electronic signature card.

Greece 

Traditio­nal ID card 

C 

Ident 

- 

No plans for eID found 

Hungary 

HUNEID 

C 

Sign 

SmCh, Cert, ElSig 

Concept and prototype. Within the Hungarian Electronic Public Administration Interoperability Framework currently standards are being defined and middleware is being specified.

Italy 

ID Card (CIE) 

C 

Ident, Sign 

SmCh, Cert, ElSig, Laser 

Prototypes. Includes laser-band to store up to 1.8 mega-byte of data; see chapter

Malta 

eID Card 

P 

e-Gov, m-Gov 

Cert  

Launched in 2005.

The Nether­lands 

ID Card 

C 

Ident 

RFID, Bio (Face, later Finger) 

Prototypes, introduction planned August 2006.

Portugal 

“Cartão comum do cidadão” 

C 

Ident, SocIn, e-health, voting, tax 

SmCh, MagStripe, Bio (finger, other?) 

Citizen card project approved by Council of Ministers on April 2005. Seems to be in design phase still.

Spain 

eID card (“DNI electro­nico”) 

C 

Ident (Option: Sign) 

SmCh, Cert, ElSig (requires PKI), Bio (finger) 

1st version presented in 2004. Card scheduled to begin in 2006. Delays probable.

Sweden 

eID Card 

C 

Ident (Option: Sign) 

SmCh, RFID, Bio (Face, later Finger), Options: Cert, ElSig; Options require PKI 

Issued since 1st of October 2005. Includes contact chip, RFID and biometrics in accordance with the ICAO standards for international pass­ports. Card issued by police, biometric and other identification data is centrally stored at police.