The new French electronic National Identity Card (eID) has been awarded the 
prestigious Best New National ID Card prize by Reconnaissance International at 
the HSP Awards EMEA (High Security Printing for Europe - Africa - Middle East). 
Awarded by a jury of independent international experts, it recognises the 
outstanding achievement and technical sophistication of this personal 
identification document program thanks to French Ministry of the Interior, ANTS 
(Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés) and IN Groupe's work in the design and 
production of the new French eID.

An identity document at the cutting edge of technology

In accordance with Regulation, France has deployed a new identity card, more 
secure, convenient and innovative. This card can be used to prove one's 
identity and serves as a travel document in the European Union. More than 2 
million new eID(s) have already been issued since June 2021. 

Designed to meet French citizens' everyday needs, this next-generation 
polycarbonate card can be used for up to 10 years. It incorporates both tried 
and tested security features and innovations whose security design has been 
validated by the experts of the Ministry of the Interior. 

The card incorporates new security features: the DOVID is a new-generation 
holographic device, the secure background extends into the transparent border 
of the card, a Visible Digital Seal allows the card to be digitally signed and 
ensures the integrity and origin of the credentials should it be impossible to 
access the data on the highly secured chip.

IN Groupe at the service of the State 

In the French National Identity Card program, IN Groupe acts as a solutions 
integrator, relying on the contribution of some twenty different companies. IN 
Groupe qualifies, tests and selects, according to the ANTS specifications and 
the expected security targets, the best technologies, components and IT systems 
that the French government needs to build the most secure document. 

IN Groupe is a public limited company, guaranteeing France sovereignty to issue 
its legal identity documents, providing the French government an industrial 
operator that keeps the identity technologies and technological patents in 
France.

For IN Groupe, identity and its protection are at the heart of its raison 
d'être because it insures States' sovereignty and trust with their citizens. 
Especially since legal identity remains the reference identity among all others 
both in the physical and digital worlds.

Contact Email: communication@ingroupe.community 

Source: IN Groupe