{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1157/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1157/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1157",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1157",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "This Regulation applies to:\n(a) identity cards issued by Member States to their own nationals as referred to in Article 4(3) of Directive 2004/38/EC;\nThis Regulation shall not apply to identification documents issued on a provisional basis with a period of validity of less than six months.\n(b) registration certificates issued in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2004/38/EC to Union citizens residing for more than three months in a host Member State and documents certifying permanent residence issued in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2004/38/EC to Union citizens upon application;\n(c) residence cards issued in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC to family members of Union citizens who are not nationals of a Member State and permanent residence cards issued in accordance with Article 20 of Directive 2004/38/EC to family members of Union citizens who are not nationals of a Member State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1157/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:14.262395+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}