A method for manufacturing a security element transfer material having a security element layer composite with security elements to be transferred, namely transfer elements and a temporary carrier , comprising a) the step of supplying a security element layer composite on the temporary carrier in the form of an endless belt with a longitudinal direction along the belt and a transverse direction perpendicular thereto; b) the step of equipping the security element layer composite with incised contour lines, so that a sequence of transfer element groups which are spaced apart from one another, said sequence being repeated in the longitudinal direction, are produced, and the transfer element groups are each formed by a plurality of transfer elements that are present in a manner parallel and adjacent to one another in the transverse direction, and each of the individual transfer element groups is surrounded by an upper and a lower incised contour line extending in each case in the transverse direction, and two lateral incised contour lines extending in the longitudinal direction; c) the step of weeding, in which the excess material of the security element layer composite outside the transfer element groups is removed, wherein the weeding takes place with the aid of a preceding, register-accurate lamination of a separate foil onto the regions of the security element layer composite to be removed, wherein the separate foil has recesses in the regions of the security element layer composite that are not to be removed, namely the transfer element regions to be produced; d) the step of cutting the endless belt obtained into a number of endless belts with transfer elements that corresponds to the plurality in which there is only one transfer element disposed in the transverse direction. a) the step of supplying a security element layer composite on the temporary carrier in the form of an endless belt with a longitudinal direction along the belt and a transverse direction perpendicular thereto; b) the step of equipping the security element layer composite with incised contour lines, so that a sequence of transfer element groups which are spaced apart from one another, said sequence being repeated in the longitudinal direction, are produced, and the transfer element groups are each formed by a plurality of transfer elements that are present in a manner parallel and adjacent to one another in the transverse direction, and each of the individual transfer element groups is surrounded by an upper and a lower incised contour line extending in each case in the transverse direction, and two lateral incised contour lines extending in the longitudinal direction; c) the step of weeding, in which the excess material of the security element layer composite outside the transfer element groups is removed, wherein the weeding takes place with the aid of a preceding, register-accurate lamination of a separate foil onto the regions of the security element layer composite to be removed, wherein the separate foil has recesses in the regions of the security element layer composite that are not to be removed, namely the transfer element regions to be produced; d) the step of cutting the endless belt obtained into a number of endless belts with transfer elements that corresponds to the plurality in which there is only one transfer element disposed in the transverse direction. <EOS>