SB n° 215: Polling Collision Indication

EMV^® Specification Bulletin No. 215 First Edition March 2019 Polling Collision Indication This Specification Bulletin clarifies PCD collision indication in case of PCDs supporting Proprietary Technologies

Applicability

This Specification Bulletin applies to:  EMV Level 1 Specifications for Payment Systems, EMV Contactless Interface Specification, Version 3.0 – February 2018. Related Documents  None

Description

This specification bulletin clarifies in requirement 9.2.1.7 that PCDs are responsible for suppressing the unintentional collision indication that occurs in the polling sequence for proprietary technologies.

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Specification Change Change Requirement 9.2.1.7 as follows: Requirements 9.2: Polling PCD … 9.2.1.7 If the PCD supports other technologies, then the PCD shall reset the Operating Field (as defined in section 3.2.6) before continuing with 9.2.1.3 (symbol 20). PCDs that implement other technologies are responsible for suppressing any unintentional collision indications. These may occur when PICCs support the other technology alongside another supported technology and are due to the same PICC responding both before and after the RESET (symbol 20).

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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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