Interior Minister Mihail Mihov announced that the new concept of Bulgarian identity documents is biometrics have not only in passports but also in all other documents. The requirement of biometrics in identity documents shall gradually throughout the European Union on January 1, 2009 will also be a national system for biometrics. According Mikov in technical assignments for the new Bulgarian identity documents are achieved highest standards of security and it will make native identity cards, driving licenses and passports among the best protected against counterfeiting.