TTA Bulletin n°285: Book C-8 Test Package Release version 1.2a
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EMV® Terminal Type Approval Bulletin No. 285 Fourth Edition August 2026 New Book C-8 Test Package Release This Bulletin announces the availability of Book C-8 Test Package Release version 1.2a
Applicability
This Bulletin applies to the Book C-8 Type Approvals.
Related Documents
This Bulletin should be read in conjunction with:
- EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems – Book C-8
- Kernel 8 Specification, Version 1.2, June 2026
- EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems
- Book E Security and Key Management, version 1.1, February 2025
- EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems
- Book A Architecture and General Requirements, version 2.11 June 2023 Effective Date
- September 1st, 2026 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear, EMVCo announces the availability of the Book C-8 Test Package Release version 1.2a for Type Approval. This test package shall be used for all Book C-8 Type Approvals, until further notice. Please contact your Contactless Product recognised Laboratories for their Contactless Kernel C-8 Testing readiness. Overview of changes Here are the main changes related to the current Test Package Release. Impacted files Change details ☑ Public documents - [ICS]:
- Aligned with Kernel 8 Specification, Version 1.2. - [TestCases]:
- Aligned with Kernel 8 Specification, Version 1.2. See further change details in the document.
- Removed the tests 4S*. Manual tests are now called ‘Module Integration Tests’ and run with a mobile application available only to the Testing Laboratories - [TestEnv]:
- Clarification about the System tests
- Editorial: figures aligned with latest EMVCo policy - [ReaderConfs]:
- Various updates further detailed in the file itself ☑ Test files (provided to the Test Tool Suppliers only) - [XMCpack]:
- Aligned with Kernel 8 Specification, Version 1.2
- Removed the tests 4S*
- Various updates in [ReaderConfs] (see above) ☑ Laboratory documents Various updates. Details are provided to the Laboratories. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Testing Documents The following documents are necessary for the testing. Note: the versions of these documents may not align with the test release version. Document title Version Reference Audience Terminal Type Approval Bulletin No. 285 4th Edition [TTA_BU] Public Administrative Process 2.11d [Admin] Public Contactless Kernel C-8 ICS v1.2a [ICS] Public Testing Environment Requirements 1.3 [TestEnv] Public ReaderConfs 260601 [ReaderConfs] Public Book C-8 Test Cases 1.2a [TestCases] Public Book C-8 Undisclosed Test Cases 1.0.r [UndiscTests] Laboratories/Test Tool Suppliers Contactless Product Testing Environment Requirements 2.11d [TestEnv_CL] Public System Testing
- Test Cases 2.11d [SystemTests] Public C-8 Kernel Report Template 260803 [C8TestReport] Laboratories/Test Tool Suppliers C-8 Kernel Report Template (json) 1.1 [C8TestReportJSON] Laboratories/Test Tool Suppliers System Testing Report Template 260713 [SystTestReport] Laboratories/Test Tool Suppliers C-8 Mobile Application 1.1.2 [C8app] Laboratories C-8 Mobile Application profiles 1.2 [C8LTsettings] Laboratories Relay Resistance Protocol Accuracy test card 1.0 [RRPcard] Laboratories C-8 test Pack 260601 [XMCpack] Test Tool Suppliers Testing Overview The following table summarises the documents and material to be used for each test category. Note that the documents [Admin], [ICS], [TestEnv] and [ReaderConfs] are applicable to all test categories. Test category Test Document(s) Material Report System
- MIT [SystemTests] + [TestEnv_CL] [C8app] + [C8LTsettings] [SystTestReport] System
- Performance [SystemTests] + [TestEnv_CL] [C8app] + [C8LTsettings] [SystTestReport] System
- RRP Accuracy [SystemTests] + [TestEnv_CL] [RRPcard] [SystTestReport] Functional
- Undisclosed [UndiscTests] Recognized Test Tool [C8TestReport] + [C8TestReportJSON] Functional
- Unitary [TestCases] Recognized Test Tool [C8TestReport] + [C8TestReportJSON] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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