The scheme for introducing eID cards was initially launched as far back as 1999, but is soon to be concluded, following recent amendments to the Personal Identification Documents law just announced at the state secretaries meeting and currently being coordinated with other authorities.
According to a Latvian business newspaper, the Latvian Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (LOCMA) has concluded a contract worth LVL 4.035 million (approximately €5.6 million) with a secure technologies company based in France for the manufacture and supply of eID cards and electronic residence permits.
Andrejs Rjabcevs, a representative for LOCMA, said that the procurement means that a million eID cards will have been supplied by late 2014, each year delivering the number of the cards requested. He added that if the process proceeds smoothly, the first cards might arrive in summer 2011.
Further information:
- Original news article - Baltic News Network
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Quelle/Source: epractice, 05.04.2011
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