In order to facilitate the exchange of electronic data on driver cards by Member States, the Commission set up the messaging system TACHOnet, which allows Member States to request information to the other Member States on the issuance of driver cards, as well as on their status.

Cards and other electronic payments can be used in a more versatile manner, including possibilities to pay online in order to take advantage of the internal market and e-commerce, whilst electronic payments also provide merchants with potentially secure payments.

The SEPIANet project aims to develop optical components, modules and subsystems for future access products based on embedded electro-optical printed circuit board technology that would significantly reduce power consumption and increase energy efficiency and bandwidth, which is currently not possible in today's copper-based access network systems.

Description: The ROU 5 license model according to Directive 2006/126/EC: Polycarbonate card in accordance with ISO 7810 and ISO 7816-1; measures against forgery: custom holograms; visible and invisible UV inks; IR and phosphorescent pigments; tactile fields; materials without optical brighteners; background security patterns; optically variable elements; laser engraving; security background in photo area.

Electronic money means a surrogate for coins and bank notes stored on an electronic device normally a chip card, electronic purse (for example the Proton system in Belgium) or a computer memory - which is accepted by undertakings other than the issuer for the purpose of making electronic payments of limited amounts.

This includes a clear perspective toward the establishment of the global electronic library network which interconnects local electronic libraries. v. Electronic Museums and Galleries - to accelerate the multimedia digitisation of collections and to ensure their accessibility to the public and as a learning resource for schools and universities. vi. Environment and Natural Resources Management - to increase the electronic linkage and integration of distributed databases of information relevant to the environment. vii. Global Emergency Management - to encourage the development of a global management information network to enhance the mana ...[+++]gement of emergency response situations, risks and knowledge. viii. Global Healthcare Applications - to demonstrate the potential of telematics technologies in the field of telemedicine in the fight against major health scourges; to promote joint approaches to issues such as the use of data cards, standards and other enabling mechanisms. ix. Government On-line - to exchange experience and best practice on the use of on-line information technology by administrations on the establishment of procedures for conducting electronic administrative business between governments, companies and citizens. x. Global Marketplace for SME's - to contribute to the development of an environment for open and non-discriminatory exchange of information and to demonstrate, particularly through EDI, the interoperability of electronic and information co-operation and trading services on a global scale, for the benefits of SME's. xi. Maritime Information Systems - to integrate and enhance environmental protection and industrial competitiveness for all maritime activities by means of information and communication technologies including applications in the area of safety and the environment, intelligent manufacturing and logistics networks._ * * *