The overall security lies in the system in its entirety, consisting of the application process, the transmission of data, the card body material, the printing technique, a minimum set of different security features and the personalisation process.

applicants should appear in person at least once during the issuing procedure for identity cards; applications should be verified by authorised personnel against existing databases which should be regularly updated, for example, civil registers, passport and identity cards databases or driving licence registers; monitoring of the issuing process is recommended, including where processes are carried out by sub-contractors, and this should include regular audits; in principle, no single member of staff should carry out every part of the issuing process for an individual; and secure storage, transport and ...[+++]transmitting of data and components of documents should be ensured.

(7) It is necessary to lay down precise rules on the transmission of such fingerprint data to the Central Unit, the recording of such fingerprint data and other relevant data in the central database, their storage, their comparison with other fingerprint data, the transmission of the results of such comparison and the blocking and erasure of the recorded data.

It covers the 1989 bathing season plus the 1990 figures for Belgium, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the only Member States to send these details by 15 February 1991. Portugal is exempt from the Directive until 1992, but nevertheless submitted a report for 1990. A new format for submission of the data coupled with computerized mapping and?harmonized wording speeded up publication of the report. From now on, each year a report will be published on the previous bathing season. It must be added that the national measures taken to implement Directive 76/160/EEC have given birth to diverging standards which often m ...[+++]ake it difficult, if not impossible, to compare water quality in different Member States. Since December 1985, ten years after notification of the Directive, all bathing water is required to comply with the values laid down. However, not all bathing areas in the Community are yet up to these standards. A number of infringement procedures have been brought against such cases. Similar procedures have been initiated to solve other shortcomings, such as failure to measure specific parameters, inadequate sampling frequency, etc. Nevertheless, the results show a constant improvement in bathing water quality, as the Member States have made greater efforts to treat their effluent.

Seventeen exhibitors will demonstrate databases on compact disc (e.g. road maps), video disc and data transmission network (e.g. patent documents, including diagrams).

Seventeen exhibitors will demonstrate databases on compact disc (e.g. road maps), video disc and data transmission network (e.g. patent documents, including diagrams).