SB n° 263: Update for EMV Book C-5

EMV^® Specification Bulletin No. 263 First Edition January 2022 Update for EMV Book C-5 This Specification Bulletin contains corrections for Book C-5.

Applicability

This Draft Specification Bulletin applies to:

• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems, Book C-5 – Kernel 5 Specification, Version 2.9 and above

Related Documents

• None

Effective Date

• March, 2022

Description

This bulletin updates the mandatory Data Elements described in EMV Book C-5, section 3.4.1.2. Specification Changes In EMV Book C-5, Section 3.4.1.2, Application Primary Account Number (PAN) (Tag ‘5A’) is added as a mandatory Data Element as shown below: Requirement – Presence of Mandatory Data Elements 3.4.1.2 If any of the following mandatory Data Elements is absent from the card:

• CDOL1 (Tag ‘8C’)
• Track2 Equivalent Data (Tag ‘57’)
• Application Expiration Date (Tag ‘5F24’)
• Application Primary Account Number (PAN) (Tag ‘5A’) Then the Kernel shall terminate the transaction and provide a Select Next Outcome as described in Section X*. * The section number shall be confirmed with the relevant specification, as this section number countries. varies depending on the specification version. countries.

Legal Notice

The EMV^® Specifications are provided "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, and EMVCo neither assumes nor accepts any liability for any errors or omissions contained in these Specifications. 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 THESE SPECIFICATIONS. EMVCo makes no representations or warranties with respect to intellectual property rights of any third parties in or in relation to the Specifications. EMVCo undertakes no responsibility to determine whether any implementation of the EMV^® Specifications 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 the EMV^® Specifications should consult an intellectual property attorney before any such implementation. Without limiting the foregoing, the Specifications 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 these Specifications 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 the EMV^® Specifications

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