# Council Decision of 3 December 1998 on common standards relating to filling in the uniform format for residence permits (98/701/JHA), Division 10: Sex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The sex of the holder of the residence permit shall be entered here in accordance with ICAO standards for the machine-readable zone.
Member States will forward to the General Secretariat of the Council the various references they include in this box to enable the Secretariat to draw up a list for distribution to all Member States. Such a list could also be used as an additional device for discovering falsifications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1998/701/annex/division/II/division/B/division/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-701/annex/division-II/division-B/division-10
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