The new national identity card comes into force on Monday

The new national identity card (CNI) comes into force on Monday August 2 throughout France.

The size of a bank card, this new document replaces the previous version which dated back to 1995 and responds to the demand for European harmonization of identity card formats, recalls

"From today, each person wanting to obtain a CNI, or renew an expired CNI," will benefit from the new card ", according to the Ministry of the Interior.

The old CNIs remain valid until their expiration date.

A biometric part

The Ministry of the Interior boasts a document "more practical and [with] a modernized design", but also and above all "more secure", with a view in particular to preventing identity fraud, a crime recorded nearly 45,000 times in France. 2019 according to its data.

The great novelty of this new CNI lies in the biometrics with QR code which will make it possible to verify whether the document is authentic, and a chip, of the same type as that of a bank card, will store the holder's data, in particular two fingerprints, specifies

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These biometric data will be stored in a highly secure compartment, access to which is specifically supervised, assures the Ministry of the Interior.

He specifies that these electronic components “do not allow any geolocation and its uses cannot be traced by the State.

Another novelty: according to the usual information, it will now be possible to display two addresses on the card for children in alternate residence with their parents.

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