Formændene for Unionens institutioner kan for disse institutioners medlemmer og ansatte udstede passersedler, hvis form bestemmes ved en europæisk forordning vedtaget af Rådet med simpelt flertal, og som skal anerkendes af medlemsstaternes myndigheder som gyldig rejselegitimation.  
Laissez-passer in a form to be prescribed by a European regulation of the Council acting by a simple majority, which shall be recognised as valid travel documents by the authorities of the Member States, may be issued to members and servants of the institutions of the Union by the Presidents of these institutions.  