http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/01/eu_bio_passport_delay/
"The European Union has asked the US to put back its biometric passport deadline for another year, citing 'data security and interoperability of reading devices' as issues that still needed to be resolved. Meanwhile, data security is becoming a major issue in the run up to the planned rollout of US biometric passports later this year. The current deadline, after which the US will require biometric passports for non-visa travellers, is 26th October 2005, but EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini has asked for this to be put back to August 28th 2006."
