Publication

PD CEN/TS 15480-1:2012

Identification card systems. European Citizen Card - Physical, electrical and transport protocol characteristics

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This Technical Specification specifies Electronic Citizen Card (ECC) requirements.

The requirements described in this Technical Specification are used to:

1) define a plastic body card with associated physical and logical securities;
2) specify the electrical interface and data transport protocols for the ECC;
3) support the basic set of Identification and, authentication elements visible at the card surface;
4) provide guidance for the specification of the ECC Durability.

In addition to the above requirements, informative Annex A in this document recommends different Physical Layouts for the ECC for two scenarios:

Product Details

Descriptors

Identification methods

Data security

Integrated circuit cards

Data transmission

Interfaces (data processing)

Cards

Physical properties of materials

Administrative documents

Information exchange

Identity cards

Identity photographs

Travel documents

Dimensions

Endurance testing

ICS Codes

35.240.15 Identification cards. Chip cards. Biometrics

Committee

IST/17

International relationships

Identical to:

CEN/TS 15480-1:2012

ISBN

978 0 580 78258 9

Publisher

BSI