CORDIS News - EU project builds European infrastructure for testing biometrics technologies
Cordis reports: "An EU-funded project has begun work on setting up a European infrastructure for the testing and certification of biometrics components and systems. Biometric recognition systems measure the behavioural or physical traits of people. These can be as varied as iris images, fingerprints, the structure of veins in the hand, or even an individual's typing rhythm."

Comment: The EU now enjoys the same standards-setting power as the U.S., the ability to create industry-wide standards that apply for hundreds of millions of consumers and thousands of businesses. Common biometric standards across the EU could lead to a common form of identification for citizens of all the 27 member countries, perhaps even an an EU ID card. Not the mark, of course, but a milestone in ID verification technology.