The grant to the issuer of a single passport, valid throughout the Community, and the application of the country of origin principle require the identification of the home Member State as the one best placed to regulate the issuer for the purposes of this Directive.
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New version applies from 04/01/2011 — introduced by Directive 2010/73/EU, Directive 2010/78/EU.
79 provisions change.
Later versions: 26/11/2013, 23/05/2014, 20/07/2017, 21/07/2018, 21/07/2019.
Recital 14 changes in this version: compare with the current text.