SB nº AN-15 : Additional Data Allowed in the FCI Returned in Response to a SELECT Command (Clarification)

Application Note N° 15 First Edition December 2003 Additional Data Allowed in the FCI Returned in Response to a SELECT Command

Applicability

This Application Note applies to:

• EMV '96 Integrated Circuit Card Specification for Payment Systems Version 3.1.1 and EMV 2000 Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems, Version 4.0, Books 1 & 3

Related Documents

None In EMV 2000 Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems Version 4.0 Book 3 Section 1.1 Data Elements Associated with Financial Transaction Interchange, it is stated that “Any additional data element transmitted in the response to the SELECT command (e.g. O/S Manufacturer proprietary data) is placed in the field 'FCI Issuer Discretionary Data' (EMV tag ‘BF0C’)” This Application Note clarifies which data is permitted in the FCI Template and the FCI Issuer Discretionary Data template (‘BF0C’) contained in the response to a SELECT command. Data elements that are allowed in ‘BF0C’ are:

• EMV-defined data elements specifically allocated to template 'BF0C' (see Book 1 Annex B and Book 3 Annex A), and
• Proprietary data elements with a tag defined according to Book 3, Annex B, section B1.1. If the terminal does not support any Issuer specific processing, data elements present in template ‘BF0C’ may be ignored. If the terminal encounters data elements in template 'BF0C' that are not understood or recognised, they shall be ignored. This document contains proprietary and confidential information of EMVCo LLC. Copyright © EMVCo LLC 2003 No additional data elements shall be present in the FCI template (tag ‘6F’), other than those contained in template ‘BF0C’. If such data elements are present they shall be ignored by the terminal. Specification Clarification Change Notice: For clarification in any future versions of the specifications, it is intended to make the following changes to EMV '96 Integrated Circuit Card Specification for Payment Systems Version 3.1.1 section 2.4.11.4 and EMV 2000 Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment Systems Version 4.0 Book 1 Section 7.3.4 Data Field Returned in the Response Message. The final sentence of the first paragraph will be deleted and replaced by: ‘No additional data elements shall be present in the FCI template (tag ‘6F’) returned in the response to the SELECT command other than those contained in template ‘BF0C’. Data elements present in templates '6F' and/or 'BF0C' that are not expected or understood by the terminal because the terminal does not support any issuer specific processing shall be ignored. Below the entries for FCI Issuer Discretionary Data in Tables 29, 30 and 31 of EMV 96 V3.1.1 and in Tables 38, 39, and 40 of EMV 2000 V4.0, the words ‘(Tag according to Book 3)’ will be changed to ‘(Tag constructed according to Book 3, Annex B)’. In the next column of the same tables, "1 or more additional (Private) Data elements from application provider, issuer, or IC Card Supplier" will be changed to "1 or more additional proprietary data elements from application provider, issuer, or IC card supplier, or EMV-defined tags that are specifically allocated to 'BF0C'. This document contains proprietary and confidential information of EMVCo LLC. Copyright © EMVCo LLC 2003