# Council Directive (EU) 2019/997 of 18 June 2019 establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing Decision 96/409/CFSP, Division 10

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

The uniform EU ETD sticker shall contain the relevant machine-readable information in line with ICAO Document 9303 to facilitate external border controls. The capital letters ‘AE’ shall be used as the first two characters of the machine-readable zone to designate the document as an EU Emergency Travel Document. The machine-readable zone shall contain a printed text in the visible background printing with the words ‘European Union’ in all the official languages of the Union. That text shall not affect the technical features of the machine-readable zone or its ability to be read.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/997/annex/II/division/2/division/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-997/annex-II/division-2/division-10
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