DS CEN/TS 15480-1:2007

Sisteme të kartave të identifikimit - Karta evropiane e qytetarit - Pjesa 1: Karakteristikat fizike, elektrike dhe të protokollit të transmetimit

Identification card systems - European Citizen Card - Part 1: Physical, electrical and transport protocol characteristics

Scope

This Technical Specification specifies Electronic Citizen Card (ECC) requirements. The ECC, is a smart card issued under the authority of a government institution, either national or local and carries credentials in order to provide all or part of the following services:
1) verify the identity;
2) act as an Inter-European Union travel document;
3) facilitate logical access to e-government or local administration services.
A public administration authority may entitle a private organisation to provide all or part of the ECC services.
This Technical Specification is intended to offer the card issuer with a great deal of flexibility for the ECC specification, in connection with the services that the ECC provides, the authentication mechanisms supported and the national specific public policy with an special concern to protect the citizen privacy according to the applicable European legislation.
The requirements described in this Technical Specification are used to:
a) define a plastic body card with associated physical and logical securities;
b) specify the electrical interface and data transport protocols for the ECC;
c) support the basic set of Identification and, authentication elements visible at the card surface.
This Technical Specification also contains a possible methodology for ECC durability testing in informative Annex B.
This Technical Specification refers to the European legislation and regulations in effect.