1. Identity cards which do not meet the requirements set out in Article 3 shall cease to be valid at their expiry or by 3 August 2031, whichever is earlier.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1:
(a)
identity cards which do not meet the minimum security standards set out in part 2 of ICAO document 9303 or which do not include a functional MRZ, as defined in paragraph 3, shall cease to be valid at their expiry or by 3 August 2026, whichever is earlier;
(b)
identity cards of persons aged 70 and above at 2 August 2021, which meet the minimum security standards set out in part 2 of ICAO document 9303 and which have a functional MRZ, as defined in paragraph 3, shall cease to be valid at their expiry.
3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, a functional MRZ shall mean:
(a)
a machine-readable zone compliant with ICAO document 9303; or
(b)
any other machine-readable zone for which the issuing Member State notifies the rules required for reading and displaying the information contained therein.