Semi-finished product and method for producing a semi-finished product and

The invention relates to a method and a semifinished product for a book-type value and / or security document, in which a card-shaped blank (36) is guided along a transport direction (51) through an applicator device (49) and onto which one side of the card-shaped blank (FIG. 36) an adhesive layer (43) is applied and the semifinished product (35) is formed, wherein the adhesive layer (43) is provided as a material web whose width is smaller than a first dimension of the card-shaped blank (36) transversely to the transport direction (51), the adhesive layer (43) provided as a material web is cut into an application segment (37) whose length is shorter than a second dimension of the card-shaped blank (36) along the transport direction (51), the application segment (37) and the card-shaped blank (36) are brought together to the inside, so that the Appliziersegment (37) against all outer edges (39) of the card-shaped R ohlings (36) is set back.