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Bulletin nº 176: ESD Testkit Availability

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EMV® Terminal Type Approval Bulletin No. 176 First Edition, March 2016 Availability to Product Providers of ESD kits

Applicability

This Bulletin applies to:  Terminal ESD Evaluation Related Documents  EMVCo Type Approval

  • Terminal ESD Evaluation Administrative Process – v2.3  EMVCo Type Approval
  • Terminal ESD Evaluation Test Case - v2.3 Effective Date  March 2016

Description

EMVCo is pleased to announce to Terminal Product Providers the availability of ESD test kits to assist their preparation for EMVCo product ESD evaluation testing. An ESD Test Kit contains the components needed to perform the ESD Evaluation testing, described in section 4.1 to 4.11 of the EMVCo ESD Test Case v2.3 document:

  • ESD Probes,
  • ESD Gun Adaptor,
  • ESD Extenders,
  • ESD Test Cards The ESD Test kit ordering and fulfilment process is managed by Smart Consulting SARL on behalf of EMVCo. Any questions about purchasing kits should be sent to emvco.kits@smart-consulting.com. 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 NONINFRINGEMENT, 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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