http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=23596
"A study commissioned by the Home Affairs ministry in The Hague of trials in six municipalities has cast doubt on the feasibility of the biometric passports. The study found personal characteristics and technical shortcomings leave open the possibility that fingerprint details cannot be recorded in the passports for children under the age of six and people older than 60. "