TTA Bulletin n°279: Contactless Kernel C-8 Type Approval Incentives

EMV® Terminal Type Approval Bulletin No. 279 First Edition September 2024 Contactless Kernel C-8 Type Approval Incentives This Bulletin describes the incentive to perform EMVCo C-8 Type Approval

Applicability

This Bulletin applies to the Book C-8 Type Approvals. Related Documents

• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems – Book C-8
• Kernel 8 Specification, Version 1.1, June 2023
• EMV Specification Bulletin No. 302, 1st Edition December 2023
• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems
• Book A Architecture and General Requirements, version 2.11 June 2023
• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems
• Book E Security and Key Management, version 1.0, June 2023
• EMV Terminal Type Approval – Contactless Product – Administrative Process, Version 2.11c, June 2024 Effective Date
• Immediately Dear, EMVCo has launched the Book C-8 Type Approval process and, valuing early implementers’ efforts, EMVCo will waive EMVCo Terminal Type Approval Fees for the first 5 products submitted to EMVCo for the C-8 Type Approval process. This incentive applies to one product per Product Provider, provided complete laboratory reports are received by EMVCo by September the 30th, 2025. countries.

Legal Notice

This document summarizes EMVCo’s present plans for evaluation services and related policies and is subject to change by EMVCo at any time. This document does not create any binding obligations upon EMVCo or any third party regarding the subject matter of this document, which obligations will exist, if at all, only to the extent set forth in separate written agreements executed by EMVCo or such third parties. In the absence of such a written agreement, no product provider, test laboratory or any other third party should rely on this document, and EMVCo shall not be liable for any such reliance. No product provider, test laboratory or other third party may refer to a product, service or facility as EMVCo approved, in form or in substance, nor otherwise state or imply that EMVCo (or any agent of EMVCo) has in whole or part approved a product provider, test laboratory or other third party or its products, services, or facilities, except to the extent and subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions expressly set forth in a written agreement with EMVCo, or in an approval letter, compliance certificate or similar document issued by EMVCo. All other references to EMVCo approval are strictly prohibited by EMVCo. Under no circumstances should EMVCo approvals, when granted, be construed to imply any endorsement or warranty regarding the security, functionality, quality, or performance of any particular product or service, and no party shall state or imply anything to the contrary. EMVCo specifically disclaims any and all representations and warranties with respect to products that have received evaluations or approvals, and to the evaluation process generally, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for purpose or non-infringement. All warranties, rights and remedies relating to products and services that have undergone evaluation by EMVCo are provided solely by the parties selling or otherwise providing such products or services, and not by EMVCo, and EMVCo will have no liability whatsoever in connection with such products and services. This document is provided "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, and EMVCo neither assumes nor accepts any liability for any errors or omissions contained in this document. EMVCO DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AS TO THIS DOCUMENT. EMVCo makes no representations or warranties with respect to intellectual property rights of any third parties in or in relation to this document. EMVCo undertakes no responsibility to determine whether any implementation of this document may violate, infringe, or otherwise exercise the patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, know-how, or other intellectual property rights of third parties, and thus any person who implements any part of this document should consult an intellectual property attorney before any such implementation. Without limiting the foregoing, this document may provide for the use of public key encryption and other technology, which may be the subject matter of patents in several countries. Any party seeking to implement this document is solely responsible for determining whether its activities require a license to any such technology, including for patents on public key encryption technology. EMVCo shall not be liable under any theory for any party's infringement of any intellectual property rights in connection with this document.

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