Translation of "Identification cards - Recording technique " (English → French) :

Priorities in 2004 are to provide regional health authorities and health care providers with improved access to cross border health care through the use of 'smart' identification cards, electronic health records, cost-efficient health care, access to quality emergency medical data, and support to health authorities in assessing health needs and planning capacity. For more details, see [http ...]

On technical security, the Commission's e-Europe initiative [33] promotes several solutions, including a smart card action plan and plans further work on identification and authentication techniques.

On technical security the Commission's e-Europe initiative promotes the use of new technologies, including a smart card action plan, and plans further work on identification and authentication techniques.

16. Notes that the legislative framework set out in Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts - Statement by the Council and the Parliament re Article 6(1) - Statement by the Commission re Article 3(1) first indent already provides consumers purchasing at a distance with rights to a refund in the event of non-authorised transactions or non-delivery of the goods/services purchased; calls on the Commission to assess how successful this framework has been in building consumer confidence in e-commerce, how existing mechanisms (including charge-back between card-issuer and merchant) are operating and how refund mechanisms (with legislative or no ...[+++]n-legislative backing) should be incorporated into future on-line payment systems, bearing in mind that credit or charge cards may not be the predominant medium; notes the importance of encouraging measures to tackle fraud including the development of new authentication and identification techniques; further calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to ensure a single area for payment cards and to continue to promote the measures needed to facilitate the cross-border use of electronic money;

16. Notes that the legislative framework set out in Directive 97/7/EC already provides consumers purchasing at a distance with rights to a refund in the event of non-authorised transactions or non-delivery of the goods/services purchased; calls on the Commission to assess how successful this framework has been in building consumer confidence in e-commerce, how existing mechanisms (including charge-back between card issuer and merchant) are operating and how refund mechanisms (with legislative or non-legislative backing) should be incorporated into future on-line payment systems, bearing in mind that credit or charge cards ...[+++] may not be the predominant medium; notes the importance of encouraging measures to tackle fraud including the development of new authentication and identification techniques; further calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to ensure a single area for payment cards and to continue to promote the measures needed to facilitate the cross-border use of electronic money;

Notes that the legislative framework set out in Directive 97/7/EC already provides consumers purchasing at a distance with rights to a refund in the event of non-authorised transactions or non-delivery of the goods/services purchased; calls on the Commission to assess how successful this framework has been in building consumer confidence in e-commerce, how existing mechanisms (including charge-back between card issuer and merchant) are operating and how refund mechanisms (with legislative or non-legislative backing) should be incorporated into future on-line payment systems, bearing in mind that credit or charge cards ...[+++] may not be the predominant medium; notes the importance of encouraging measures (60 words deleted) to tackle fraud including the development of new authentication and identification techniques; further calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals to ensure a single area for payment cards and to continue to promote the measures needed to facilitate the cross-border use of electronic money;