No fingerprints in biometric passports for children under six

Czech children under the age of six will not have to have fingerprints on their biometric passports, according to a bill passed by the Senate on Thursday. Some countries have introduced the duty of fingerprinting children as of three years of age but EU regulations do not set a specific age limit. The new Czech passports featuring machine-readable information and a chip with biometric data have been issued since September 1st 2006 and will gradually replace all travel documents.