Product Qualification Operations Bulletin
No. 13 • March 2017

SCO to be provided in pdf format only

About this bulletin
The Product Qualification Operations Bulletin aims to present the GlobalPlatform ProductQualification Process changes and updates.
When an effective date is mentioned for a change, the change must be implemented as of that
date; Changes for which no effective date is specified in the article are effective immediately.

Summary
ArticleSummary:This article describes the format of the SCO file that shall be providedfor Product Qualification.

Type:Operation Requirement Update

Effective Date:

March 27, 2017Applicability:

All Configurations

Change of SCO file format
The Supported Configuration Options (SCO) is a form describing the technical information of the Productsubmitted for GP Compliance qualification, this form needs to be filled according to the Product technicalstructure.
Until now, the SCO was provided in two formats: In pdf format, for signature verification purpose, In MS Word format.
From now on, the SCO has to be provided in pdf format only (MS Word format is not requiredanymore).
TheSCOpdf
formcanbe
http://www.globalplatform.org/compliance.asp

foundonGP® GlobalPlatform 2017

Compliancewebpage:

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Supported Configuration Options (SCO) FormReminder of submission procedure.

•SCO Submission Overview

To create the SCO to be submitted to GP Compliance secretariat, the Product Vendor shall:• Download the latest version of the SCO form from GP Compliance web page,• Open the SCO pdf form using Acrobat Reader,• Populate the SCO pdf file with all information of the Product,• Use the ‘Verify’ Button located on top of page 1 to perform some pre-checking ensuring that theminimum required data (such as presence of Administrative data) is present,• When SCO is completed and verified, Product Vendor inserts its digital signature on the last pageof the form. (pdf shall be readable, and data extractible by the GP Compliance Secretariat),• Submit the SCO to the Laboratory for verification.
Laboratory verifies the SCO and if the SCO is correct, inserts its digital signature on the last page of theform.
When both Product Vendor and Laboratory digital signatures are present, SCO can be submitted to theGP Compliance Secretariat.

Note: If a Product Vendor needs to submit multiple SCOs, after the creation of the first one, the data canbe re-used for subsequent SCOs using ‘export’ and ‘Import’ buttons of the created SCO pdf form.

•SCO Initial Submission

The submitted SCO must:• Be based on the latest SCO version (pdf format) available on GP web page,• Allow importing/exporting data in XML format,• Be digitally signed by the Product Vendor and the Laboratory at the time of submission to GP
Compliance secretariat.
The Product Vendor submits the signed SCO to GP Compliance Secretariat for review prior to the start ofthe approval testing process.
GP Compliance Secretariat reviews and approves the SCO by returning the SCO digitally signed in pdf
format and the official SCO number.
In case the SCO is incorrectly filled, a decline fee is charged to the Product Vendor.

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SCO replacement Submission

SCO replacement process (Laboratory verifies the SCO before submission to GP) is similar to initial SCO
submission process.
This applies to any change in the SCO made after its initial approval.
After the start of a Product test session, SCO replacement is only allowed for administrative information
update (such as product name) but is not allowed for any technical information update.
Laboratory shall ensure that a SCO change request doesn’t aim to hide a bug in the product (such as
deactivation of a function that doesn’t work properly).
SCO replacement is no more allowed after Test Report submission to GP Compliance secretariat.

Note: SCO decline process applies to the initial SCO submission as well as to any other SCO
replacement request(s)For more information please contact the Compliance Secretariat:
gpcompliance@globalplatform.org® GlobalPlatform 2017

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