WidinX Academy · Season 1 · Episode 8 · 2:28
The CEN standards
The eight standards from CEN/CLC JTC 24 in plain language, and which ones count as harmonised today.
Presented by WidinX
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The regulation says what. The standards say how.
ESPR asks for a passport that is interoperable, machine readable and persistent. It does not say how. That job went to CEN and CENELEC, whose joint committee JTC 24 wrote eight European standards for the passport system.
ESPR Art. 11 · technical design and operation - 02
Data exchange.
EN 18216 defines how passport data moves between systems: the exchange protocol, message structure and how a passport is requested and delivered. Two systems built to it can hand a passport over without a bilateral agreement.
CEN/CLC JTC 24 · EN 18216 data exchange protocols
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