A smart information carrier comprising a security element having two sides each side being laminated with at least one transparent polymer foil having a melting point higher than 150° C. so that the security element is surrounded by an edge at least 1 mm wide in which the at least one transparent polymer foil on each side of the security element are laminated to one another, the security element comprising an IC-module and a natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support exclusive of an antenna, the IC-module comprising an electronic chip and an antenna integrated therein, wherein the support is security printed on at least the side of the support nearer to the IC-module and the IC-module is at least substantially encapsulated with a transparent polymer or polymer mixture with a melting point up to 150° C. which also coats at least the part of the side of the support nearer to the IC-module non-adjacent to the IC-module; and a method for producing a smart information carrier comprising the steps of: security printing at least one side of a natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support; if only one side of the support is security printed the non-security-printed side of the support is placed on the lower melting point side of a two polymer laminate with the high melting point side having a melting point higher than 150° C. and an IC-module comprising an electronic chip and an antenna integrated therein is placed on the other side of the support; placing a further sheet of a two polymer laminate with the high melting point side having a melting point higher than 150° C. on the IC-module with the lower melting point side nearer the IC-module with at least one sheet of a polymer foil with a melting point of up to 150° C. between the IC-module and the lower melting point-side of the further sheet of a two-polymer laminate; laminating the resulting sandwich in a laminator; and punching out a smart information carrier so that the support is surrounded by an edge at least 1 mm wide in which the transparent polymer foil are directly laminated to one another, wherein said natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support is exclusive of an antenna.