CTA/MTA Bulletin nº 31: Card and Mobile Test Plan Activation Dates

EMV® Card and Mobile Type Approval Bulletin No. 031 Fourteenth Edition, July 2025 Card and Mobile Test Plan Activation Dates

Applicability

• This Approval Bulletin applies to all Card and Mobile approval processes

Related Documents

• EMV Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems – Books 1, 2, 3, 4, version 4.4, October 2022
• EMV Level 1 Specifications for Payment Systems – EMV Contact Interface Specification, version 1.0, October 2022
• EMV Specification Bulletin No.284, 1st Edition, March 2023 – Contact – Clarification for Procedure Byte Use
• EMV Specification Bulletin No.298, 1st Edition, September 2023 – Contact – Clarification of Terminal Timing for Consecutive Characters
• EMV Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems - Common Payment Application Specification, version 1.0, December 2005
• Specification Update Bulletins 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 165, 281 latest version
• Application Note Bulletins 39, 40, latest version
• EMV Card Type Approval – CPA Level 1 & 2 - Administrative Process, latest version
• EMV Contact Card Level 1 Type Approval - ICC Electrical Test Cases, Version 1.0a, December 2023
• EMV Contact Card Level 1 Type Approval - ICC Protocol Test Cases, Version 1.0a, December 2023
• EMV Card Type Approval – CPA Level 2 – Test Cases version 1.0.o3 Part A Final, July 2025
• EMV Card Type Approval – CPA Level 2 – Test Cases version 1.0.o3 Part B Final, July 2025
• EMV Card Type Approval – CPA Level 1 and Level 2 – Card Image Requirements version 1.0.o Final, September 2024
• EMV Card Type Approval CPA Implementation Conformance Statement, version 1.0.o
• EMV Card Type Approval – CCD Level 1 & 2 - Administrative Process, latest version
• EMV Card Type Approval – CCD Level 2 – Test Cases version 4.4.a Final, October 2023
• EMV Card Type Approval – CCD Level 1 and Level 2 – Card Image Requirements version 4.4.a Final, September 2024
• EMV Card Type Approval CCD Implementation Conformance Statement, version 4.4.a
• EMV Contactless Mobile Payment - PPSE and Application Management for Secure Elements, version 1.0, May 2017
• EMV Contactless Mobile Payment Type Approval – Administrative Process latest version
• EMV Contactless Mobile Payment Type Approval – PPSE and Application Management for Secure Element – Test Cases version 1.0.g2 Final Draft, June 2021
• EMV Contactless Mobile Payment Type Approval – CMP SE Test Applet Requirements v1.3.0, January 2018
• EMV Contactless Mobile Payment Secure Element Implementation Conformance Statement v1.0.g
• EMV Contactless Mobile Payment PPSE Applet Implementation Conformance Statement v1.0.g
• EMV Level 1 Specifications for Payment Systems – EMV Contactless Interface Specification, version 3.2, July 2022
• EMV Mobile Product Level 1 Type Approval – Administrative Process, version 2.8, January 2025
• EMV Contactless Card Level 1 Type Approval – PICC Analogue Test Bench and Test Case Requirements, version 3.2b, January 2025
• EMV Contactless Card Level 1 Type Approval – PICC Digital Test Cases, version 3.2b, January 2025
• EMV Mobile Product Level 1 Type Approval - Validation and Interoperability Testing Requirements, version 1.6, January 2025
• EMV Mobile Product Level 1 Type Approval ― Mobile Level 1 Test Guidelines, version 3.2b, January 2025
• EMV Mobile Product Level 1 Type Approval - Test Application Requirements version 2.0.2, February 2024
• EMV Mobile Product Level 1 Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS), version 3.2b

Effective Date

• Immediately This bulletin provides the activation and deactivation dates for the EMV Card and Mobile Type Approval Test Plans. Card Type Approval The following Activation and Deactivation dates have been defined for the test cases (TC) used for Card Type Approval for CPA and CCD. Please see the EMV Card Type Approval Administrative Process documents for the impact of changes to the test cases on the Card Type Approval Process. Contact L1 TC 1.0a Activation Date January 1, 2024 Deactivation Date New Products Change, Derivative, Renewals - - L2 CCD TC 4.4.a 4.3.f Activation Date March 1, 2025 May 15, 2019 Deactivation Date New Products Change, Derivative, Renewals - - April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 L2 CPA TC 1.0.o3 1.0.m Activation Date March 1, 2025 May 15, 2019 Deactivation Date New Products Change, Derivative, Renewals - - April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 Although there is no EMVCo Contactless Level 1 Card Type Approval Process, EMVCo specifies test plans and tools for Level 1 Card Contactless testing. The activation and deactivation dates of the test plans are defined below. Contactless L1 TC Analogue v3.2b Digital v3.2b Analogue v3.2a Digital v3.2a Activation Date March 1, 2025 March 1, 2025 March 1, 2024 March 1, 2024 Level 1 Mobile Type Approval The following Activation dates have been defined for Level 1 Mobile Type Approval. Mobile L1 TC Analogue v3.2b Digital v3.2b Analogue v3.2a Digital v3.2a Activation Date March 1, 2025 March 1, 2025 March 1, 2024 March 1, 2024 Deactivation Date New Products Change, Derivative, Renewals - - - - April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 Level 1 Mobile Test Guidelines (*) v3.2b v3.2a Activation Date March 1, 2025 March 1, 2024 Deactivation Date New Products Change, Derivative, Renewals April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 (*) Level 1 Mobile Test Guidelines identified due to the impact to L1 Mobile Test Cases CMP/PPSE Type Approval The following Activation dates have been defined for the test cases (TC) used for CMP/PPSE Type Approval. CMP/PPSE TC 1.0g2 Activation Date January 1,2022 Deactivation Date New Products Change, Derivative, Renewals Test cases are only made available to laboratories and test tool providers. For additional information please contact EMVCo CTG Secretariat at card_approval@emvco.com.

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