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EU Laissez-Passer Country Signing Certificate Authority (CSCA)

This website contains information on the Country Signing Certificate Authority operated by the European Commission for the issuance of the European Union Laissez-Passer according to Council Regulation (EU) No 1417/2013 of 17 December 2013 laying down the form of the laissez-passer issued by the European Union.

More specifically, it provides the PEM encoded self-signed certificates of the EU Laissez-Passer CSCA, their SHA-1 fingerprints and information about naming structure (DN), validity dates and serial numbers.

This website is also the primary source for the Certificate Revocation Lists.

Contact information provided below can be used to request a printed copy of the information required to verify the authenticity of the certificates.


European Union Laissez-Passer CSCA Distinguished Name

The distinguished name of the EU Laissez-Passer CSCA is:

C=EU; O=European Union; OU=European Commission; CN=EU Laissez Passer CSCA.



Current CSCA self-signed certificate and link certificate

CSCA certificate

EU Laissez-Passer signed with this certificate are in circulation from November 2020 on

Release date: 27 July 2020

Valid until: 27 October 2031

Serial Number: 1595843107

SHA256 Fingerprint=26:9F:28:02:7F:32:1A:E1:9C:60:3B:D8:E3:C5:B8:12:4F:CB:50:74:E1:EB:90:0D:FB:E4:1B:F2:0C:EE:99:C2

SHA1 Fingerprint=56:5A:13:C5:DF:76:C2:84:24:1A:2C:EA:0C:DB:2B:48:88:04:4E:03

Download new EU LP CSCA certificate.


CSCA link certificate

Serial Number: 1596007994

SHA256 Fingerprint=FA:A8:D4:1A:98:11:D1:4F:A7:2C:4F:0C:84:29:5D:4E:A6:1D:18:FD:7C:A1:B0:CD:67:97:4E:F2:BC:E8:2A:58

SHA1 Fingerprint=85:A7:C9:2A:20:10:DC:AA:A1:92:9D:CF:AD:CD:9C:F4:BF:81:05:DB

Download EU LP CSCA link certificate.



Previous CSCA self-signed certificate

Release date: 4 November 2015

Valid until: 4 February 2027

Serial Number: 1446657155

SHA-1 fingerprint: 43:CB:1B:AC:78:FB:2D:63:EA:AE:D7:FA:51:B9:E7:0B:4D:B4:B5:7A

Download previous EU LP CSCA certificate.


Certificate Revocation List

The current Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is available for download at the link provided below.

Download current EU-LP CRL.



EU Laissez Passer Deviation List

EU Laissez-Passer issued to EU officials of German nationality may contain “wrong data in MRZ field”, depending on the date of issuance. The Nationality field contains the string “DEU”, as listed in the official ISO 3166 country code list maintained by ISO 3166/MA, for all EU Laissez-Passer issued prior to 05/05/2022. Since then, all new EU Laissez-Passer issued to German nationals have the value “D<<” for the Nationality field, to make it consistent with the specification in ICAO Doc 9303 Part3.


Contact Information

The main communication channel for the EU Laissez-Passer CSCA is email.
The email address is: eu-csca AT ec.europa.eu