Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and IntegrationEnglish is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. |
Art. 41a Security and reading of the data chip
1The data chip must be protected against counterfeiting and its unauthorised reading. The Federal Council shall determine the technical requirements. 2The Federal Council is authorised to enter into agreements with the states bound by any of the Schengen Association Agreements and with other states on the reading of the fingerprints stored on the data chip, provided the states concerned guarantee a level of data protection equivalent to that in Switzerland. 1 Inserted by Art. 2 No I of the FD of 18 June 2010 (Development of the Schengen Acquis and Introduction of Biometric Data into Foreign National Identity Cards), in force since 24 Jan. 2011 (AS 2011 175; BBl 2010 51). |