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800,000 new Belgian driving licenses per year as from 2013
Zetes has officially received confirmation that the Federal Public Service for Mobility and Transport has chosen it to produce, personalize and distribute the new Belgian driving license. This document will comply with the requirements from the European directive and benefit from the highest standards of security and service continuity.
Around 800,000 documents will be produced, personalized and distributed each year. This new contract covers a period of 5 years and the first licenses will be issued as of February 2013.
Priority to the security and service continuity
The requirements of the FPS for Mobility & Transport in the areas of security and service continuity were extremely stringent. Zetes' experience in ensuring the security of sites involved in identity document production and service continuity has prepared the company well for this project. The company will produce the polycarbonate cards to be customized in-house.
In terms of quality and service continuity, Zetes guarantees:
- Super-fast delivery: reception at the municipal administrations within 48 hours of submission of an application;
- Almost immediate proof of delivery: data transmitted within 15 minutes after receipt of the driving licenses by the local authorities;
- "Disaster Recovery Plan": in the event of failure of the main production site, a secondary site in Belgium will be ready to take over in less than 24 hours.
The Zetes offering also includes setting up a secure web application linked up to the FPS for Mobility & Transport enabling the latter to monitor at all times the production status, the volumes issued, etc.
The contribution from the Zetes Goods ID division
The proof of delivery solution to each city and town administration, including features such as scheduling and geolocalisation, has been entirely developed by the Zetes Goods ID division. This input clearly shows the complementary nature of the group's two branches.
Zetes CEO Alain Wirtz comments: "The combination of expertise in the identification of goods and property is totally unique to Zetes and allows us to provide genuine added value to our customers in the form of integrated, practical and often innovative solutions."
Zetes' position strengthened on its domestic market
This decision confirms the central role played by Zetes in the field of secure documents. Along with driving licenses, the company is also very active in the area of electronic identity cards (Belgium, Israel, Portugal), as well as biometric passports and visas (Côte d'Ivoire).
The driving license project, which is worth €16 million (including VAT) over 5 years, is set to contribute to the Group's results as from 2013.