(1) When applicants pick up their identity cards, they shall state in writing to the identity card authority whether they intend to use the electronic identification function. Card holders may change this statement at any time during the card's period of validity by writing to the identity card authority. If applicants do not wish to use the electronic identification function, the identity card authority shall deactivate this function. If the application is submitted at a diplomatic mission abroad, the applicant shall submit his/her statement with the application for an identity card.
(2) The card manufacturer shall deactivate the electronic identification function before the identity card is handed over if applicants have not yet turned 16 at the time of application. The same shall apply when the statement pursuant to subsection 1 fourth sentence is submitted at a diplomatic mission abroad and the applicant has declared that he/she does not wish to use the electronic identification function.
(3) During the card's period of validity, card holders aged 16 and over may request to have a deactivated electronic identification function activated. They may also request to have an activated electronic identification function deactivated.
(4) The administrator of revocation lists pursuant to Section 7 (4) second sentence shall provide, via public communication channels available at all times, every service provider with a current list (revocation list), drawn up specifically for that service provider, of lost or stolen identity cards having an activated electronic identification function. Service providers shall regularly consult their revocation lists and check them locally with regard to the electronic identification function against identity cards to be accepted.
(5) If the issuing identity card authority becomes aware that
1. an identity card with an activated electronic identification function has been lost or stolen, or
2. a card holder has passed away,
it shall immediately inform the administrator of revocation lists pursuant to Section 7 (4) second sentence of the blocking code for the identity card in question, for the purpose of updating the revocation list.
(6) A card holder whose identity card having an activated electronic identification function has been lost or stolen may also report the blocking code to the administrator of revocation lists pursuant to Section 7 (4) second sentence in order to immediately block the electronic identification function. The requirement to report the loss or theft of the identity card to the identity card authority in accordance with Section 27 (1) no. 3 shall remain unaffected.
(7) The administrator of revocation lists pursuant to Section 7 (4) second sentence shall provide a blocking service, via public communication channels available at all times, to the identity card authorities for the cases pursuant to subsection 5 and to card holders for the cases pursuant to subsection 6.
(8) If, after blocking has been carried out in accordance with subsection 5 or 6, the card holder reports in accordance with the conditions of Section 9 (1) sixth sentence that the identity card has been located and presents the card, the identity card authority shall request the administrator of revocation lists pursuant to Section 7 (4) second sentence to unblock this identity card. The requirement of the card holder to present the identity card after locating it in accordance with Section 27 (1) no. 3 shall remain unaffected.
(9) The identity card authority or the police shall record the time the loss or theft of the identity card was reported and shall inform the issuing identity card authority.