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Document: ITA-AO-02002

Title:

PASSAPORTO

Issuing Country:

ITA - Italy • REPUBBLICA ITALIANA •

Document Category:

A - Passport

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

02002

First issued on:

01/01/1998

Valid:

yes

Legal status / main purpose:

Travel document issued to nationals of: ITA - Italy • REPUBBLICA ITALIANA •

Overall construction:

single booklet

Format width (mm):

88

Format height (mm):

125

Number of pages:

32

Validity

Validity qualifier:

limited / restricted

Maximum validity:

10 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

0 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

machine readable "EUROPEAN UNION" model with dual integrated facial image

Cover

    Construction:

    flexible

    Cover embossing:

    hot foil stamping

    Material:

    linen

    Overall colour:

    burgundy

    slightly textured linen on flexible card

    Image 74354 of Cover
    Image 74394 of Inside front cover

    Security features:

    Substrate

    Presence of Fibres:

    yes

    Colours:

    red, blue

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Image 74392 of Printing technique
    Close-up of background printing with rainbow colouring

    Security features:

    Laminate

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Laminate UV features:

    yes

    Laminate position:

    covers entire page

    Laminate embossing:

    no

    OVD features:

    hologram

    Image 74366 of Laminate
    Laminate: overall view of holograms
    Image 74396 of Laminate
    Laminate: fluorescent features

    Security features:

    Numbering

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Image 74395 of Numbering
    Close-up of serial number; as ink is thick, it may flake off within printed characters
    Image 74357 of Inside back cover
    Top: features printed in green OVI which shifts to dark blue; 2 lines in microprint making the borders of the area with yellow background printing; bottom: intaglio guilloches in 2 colours with latent text "PASSAPORTO EUROPEO" visible

    Security features:

    Substrate

    Presence of Fibres:

    yes

    Colours:

    red, blue

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Image 74373 of Printing technique
    OVI (optically variable ink) varying between green and dark blue

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Image 74375 of UV feature
    Image under UV light

    Inner page(s)

    features repeated on odd-numbered pages

    Image 74358 of Inner page(s)
    Part-circle design in the top right-hand corner and motif in centre of background printing appear on all odd-numbered pages of document

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Image 74377 of Printing technique
    Microprint "REPUBBLICAITALIANA" (repeated) within numbers on odd-numbered pages

    Inner page(s)

      features repeated on even-numbered pages

      Image 74359 of Inner page(s)
      Background motif and representation of equestrian statue are repeated on all even-numbered pages

      Inner page(s)

        Image 74360 of Inner page(s)
        Page for dependent children
        Image 74361 of Inner page(s)
        Stitching thread and page 17; pictures in background printing and/or colours vary from page to page

        Security features:

        Substrate

        Presence of Fibres:

        yes

        Colours:

        red, blue

        Planchettes:

        no

        Light:

        NORMAL

        Security thread:

        yes

        "REPUBBLICAITALIANA" (repeated)

        Image 74380 of Substrate
        Security thread by normal light: the colours of the Italian flag can be seen on one side and microprint "REPUBBLICA ITALIANA" (repeated) on the other

        Security features:

        Watermark

        Light:

        TRANSMITTED

        Image 74382 of Watermark
        Stylised multitone representation of the nymph Europa - duotone text

        Security features:

        UV feature

        Light:

        UV LIGHT

        Image 74385 of UV feature
        Overall view of inner pages

        Security features:

        UV feature

        Light:

        UV LIGHT

        Description:

        visible on one side only

        Image 74387 of UV feature
        UV reaction: security thread fluoresces red - white - green on one side

        Security features:

        Binding

        Light:

        NORMAL

        Image 74389 of Binding
        Close-up of stitching thread
        ITAThis information is supplied to you by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. It has been selected and compiled by document experts in Italy • REPUBBLICA ITALIANA •
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