CEN/TS 15480-1:2012

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: when the ECC is issued to act as a travelling document; when the ECC is not issued to act as a travelling document.