Hungary's government has submitted a bill on the creation of an eID architecture to the country's parliament, according to local media.The card, which will combine Hungarians? social security and tax cards, will have eSIGN, eID and ePASS functions, according to the bill.The card will cost HUF 1,500 (US$ 5.36) for Hungarians who replace their old identification cards within 60 days of their expiry and will be free of charge for Hungarians under 18 years of age and those over 65.According to the state news agency MTI, the estimated cost to produce each card is listed in the bill at HUF 5,000.The cards personalisation has been agreed through a contract between the Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services (KEKKH) and ANY Security Printing Company valid until August 31, 2017.
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