9 Magnetic, optical or electronic information carriers in the form of foil strips, foil patches, stickers, labels, vignettes, bands, tokens, coins, discs, cards and plates all containing encoding means, optically active spatial structures, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof, for use as identification devices, authentication devices or money replacement means or for use for banknotes, bills or payment means; magnetic, optical and electronically encoded identification devices and authentication devices, in the form of foil sheetings and foil bands, foil patches, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates with magnetic, optical or electrically conductive structures for storing, processing and/or display of information; electric, electronic, optical, and opto-electronic circuits, particularly in the form of foil sheetings and foil bands, foil patches, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates, each with microprocessors, printed coils and printed circuits, for application in the field of passive labelling, tracking and tracing of goods or identification of persons and objects; magnetic, optical and electronically encoded identification devices and authentication devices, in the form of foils, foil strips, foil patches, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards and images with optically active spatial structures, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof for use as identification devices or authentication devices; optical security elements in form of optically-encoded data carriers for banknotes containing authentication information and authentication data for certifying the authenticity of banknotes; optical data carriers in the form of optical security foils primarily of plastics which contain optically encoded information carriers and optically encoded structures with authentication data for certifying the authenticity of persons, goods, documents, passes, IDs and other identification documents, certificates, banknotes, bills, payment means or money replacement means or other documents of value; integrated circuits and electronic components, namely, printed circuits; Integrated circuits in the form of foil sheetings and foil bands, foil patches, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates of polymers; opto-electronic energy converters, solar cells, light-emitting diodes and laser diodes; antennas; optical display devices, namely, LCD-displays and organic light-emitting diodes; magnetic, optical, electric and electronic parts and components in form of foil sheetings and foil bands, foil patches, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates that are encoded or provided with optical structures, for storing, processing and display of information; identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means, namely, magnetic, optical and electronic data carriers and data carriers carrying magnetically, optically and electronically recorded and encoded identification and authentication information in the form of chips, cards, discs, magnetic plates, stamps, plates, tokens, bands as well as sheets and foils of plastic, synthetic materials, paper or metal, that are encoded or provided with optical structures; magnetic, optical and electronic data carriers and data carriers carrying magnetically, optically and electronically recorded and encoded identification and authentication information in the form of stamping dies, sheets and foils of metal, that are encoded or provided with optical structures, as identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; encoding means, namely, magnetic and optical data carriers and data carriers carrying magnetically, optically and electronically recorded and encoded identification and authentication information in the form of covers and sheaths, inherently stable sheaths of plastic, except for packaging purposes, stamping foils, hot stamping foils, and laminating foils, also in the form of bands or patches, except for packaging purposes, all as encoding devices with optically active spatial structures, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures, magnetic structures, electrically conductive structures, electronic circuits or combinations thereof, for use as identification devices, authentication devices or money replacement means for banknotes, bills or payment means; electronic security tags and labels for goods; electric and optical data processing apparatus; apparatus for checking and validating the authenticity of banknotes; programmable electronic controls, electric control units for security systems; electric components, namely, electric, optical and electronic switches, sensors, integrated circuits, capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes, memory semiconductor chips, data storage semiconductor chips, transponder semiconductor chips, blank electric and optical data carriers, solar cells; blank magnetic data carriers; magnetic data carriers pre-recorded with identification information and authentication; computer hardware; peripheral devices for computers; portable mini-computers, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants (PDA); portable data processing apparatus; checking and testing devices, namely, apparatus for checking and testing the optical effects of optically variable devices, for checking and testing the optical effects of optical structures, for checking and testing the optical effects of diffractive structures, for checking the electric and electronic properties of electric and electronic signals and for checking the magnetic properties of magnetic structures; downloadable electronic databases in the field of product and document validation and authentication, tracking and tracing of goods and documents and identity validation and authentication, recorded on computer media; computer databases, namely, computer software for creating searchable databases of information and data; computer software for database management and for authorizing access to databases; computer software for checking and validating the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking and tracing of goods and documents as well as for authentication validation and identity validation; computer software for database administration and database management; computer software for encryption and decryption of information and data; downloadable electronic documentations in the field of product and document authentication, in the field of plastics and paper processing, product design and decoration, product and document security, operation of machines and of computer software and hardware and downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, manuals and newsletters in these aforementioned fields; electric equipment for the controlling, remote-control and supervision of industrial installations and machines, namely, electric control panels, electrical controllers, and computer hardware for controlling, remote-controlling and supervision of industrial installations and machines