Product Qualification Operations Bulletin
No. 39 • July 2024

Contactless Extension Test Suites usage

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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.

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Summary
ArticleSummary:

The following official Type Approval Bulletin describes the way toqualify products supporting Contactless Extension

Type:

Operation Requirement Update

Effective Date:As per the date indicated below

Applicability:

Concerned Test Suites are listed below

From the 24th of July 2024, the following Test Suites will be active in the laboratories:-Contactless Extension v2.0 Test Suite v1.4.2.1(updated)
Memory Management extension Test Suite v2.2.3(updated)
Financial Configuration v1.0.2 (Contactless part) Test Suite v1.2.2.1 (new)Objective of this bulletin is to clarify the usage of those particular Test Suites depending on thetype of the product under test.

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Test Suites Usage

The table below summarizes the usage and the applicability of those Test Suites depending on theproduct under test:® GlobalPlatform 2024

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Test Suites

ContactlessExtension v2.0
Test Suite

Product typeMemoryManagementextension
Test Suite

UICC Configuration v2.0

XX

SE Configuration v2.0

XX

Common Implementation
Configuration v2.1

X

X

Financial Configuration v1.0.2

Financial
Configuration v1.0.2(Contactless part)
Test SuiteXX

As a reminder, the only difference between the “Financial Configuration v1.0.2 (Contactless part)
Test Suite” and the “Contactless Extension v2.0 Test Suite” is the way ‘Fixed’ vs ‘Editable’ Card
Options are split.
NOTE: Particular Contactless Test Suites also exist for “UICC Configuration v1.0.1” products.

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Update of the SCO for SE Products

The activation of those Contactless Test Suites impacts the “GlobalPlatform Supported
Configuration Options (SCO) for Secure Element Products”. Version 5.5 of this document will bechanged as follow.
Section “A.2.4 - Financial Configurations Extensions” will contain new items, as follow :A.2.4.3 – The Financial Configuration is submitted with the Contactless
Extension, v2
Note: This Option can only be selected for Financial Configuration v1.0.2 productA.2.4.4 – The Financial Configuration is submitted with the Memory Management
Extension (Subset of Contactless Extension v2.0)
Note: This Option can only be selected for Financial Configuration v1.0.2 product

Similar extensions already exist for UICC Configuration v2.0 (sections A.2.2.4 and A.2.2.6), SE
Configuration v2.0 (sections A.2.8.3 and A.2.8.4) and Common Implementation Configuration v2.1
products (sections A.2.6.1 and A.2.6.2).
As a conclusion, the laboratories will have to choose the relevant Contactless Extension Test Suite
depending on the GlobalPlatform Configuration supported by the Secure Element (as per the tabledefined in section 1.3 of this bulletin).

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Other changes done in the SCO for SE Products v5.5

The following old GlobalPlatform Configurations and Extensions have been voided due to the fact
the related Test Suites have been decommissioned:
A.2.2.2 – The UICC Configuration is submitted with the ‘SCP03 Common’
package of the Common Implementation Configuration, v1.0
Note: This Option can only be selected for UICC v1.0.1 productA.2.7.1 –The GP product submitted follows Secure Element Configuration v1.0
Note: This Option can only be selected for product qualification renewal
A.2.8.1 – The SE Configuration is submitted with Contactless Extension v1.0
Note: This Option can only be selected for product qualification renewal for SE
v1.0 supporting SCP02
A.2.8.2 – The SE Configuration is submitted with Memory Management Extension(Subset of Contactless Extension v1.0)
Note: This Option can only be selected for product qualification renewal for SE
v1.0

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For more information please contact the Compliance Secretariat:
gpcompliance@globalplatform.org® GlobalPlatform 2024

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