ICPO-Interpol - General Assembly 65th Session - Antalya - 23rd-29th October 1996

BEARING IN MIND Resolution AGN/64/RES/20, adopted by the General Assembly at its 64th session (Beijing, 1995) and concerning a universal classification system for counterfeit payment cards,

HAVING STUDIED Report No. 16 entitled "Counterfeit payment cards",

TAKING NOTE of the payment card sector's intimated willingness to assist financially in the establishment of an international payment card database and of an international central reference point and central reference library for counterfeit payment cards, in order to assist in combating this type of inter-national crime,

THANKING the Working Party on a universal classification system for coun-terfeit payment cards and the General Secretariat for their efficient and effective work,

The ICPO-Interpol General Assembly, meeting in Antalya from 23rd to 29th October 1996 at its 65th Session:

APPROVES the proposed universal classification system for counterfeit payment cards and the Card Identification Numbering system as important prereq-uisites for exchanging information efficiently between Interpol Member States;

ASKS the General Secretariat to continue its study on:

(1) producing the final version of the universal classification system for counterfeit payment cards,

(2) setting up an international payment card database as part of the future Interpol Criminal Information System (ICIS),

(3) establishing an international central reference point and central reference library for counterfeit payment cards,

in liaison with the Counterfeit Payment Card Working Party,

AUTHORIZES the Secretary General to seek external supplementary sources of finance such as grants from governments, international organizations, or private donors and particularly the payment card sector, in an effort to create a cen-tral reference point and database for counterfeit payment cards;

ASKS the General Secretariat and the Working Party to submit their final report to the Interpol General Assembly at its 66th Session, to be held in 1997.