Product Qualification Operations Bulletin
No. 36 • July 2023

eUICC Consumer
Test Suites Activation / Deactivation schedule

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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 announcing the activationand deactivation of Test Suites

Type:

Operation Requirement UpdateEffective Date:

As per the date indicated below

Applicability:

Concerned Test Suites are listed below

Following the TestFest that took place from the 3rd to the 5th of July 2023, the below eUICCConsumer Test Suites have been released:

1.3•eUICC Consumer SGP.23 v1.14 Compliance Test Suite v1.6.2•

TCA Interoperable Profile v3.2.3 Compliance Test Suite v2.0.3

New Test Suites activation

These two Test Suites above will be active in laboratories from 7th of August 2023.

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1.4Former Test Suites deactivation

The current active Test Suites implementing respectively the GSMA SGP.23 v1.10 and theSIMalliance v2.3.1 test specifications will be deactivated on the 8th of September 2023.
Hence, the following Test Suites shall not be used for new product qualification after this date:•eUICC Consumer SGP.23 v1.10 Compliance Test Suite v1.3.2•

SIMalliance Interoperable Profile v2.3.1 Compliance Test Suite v1.4.1

The diagram below shows the activation / deactivation dates of the different Test Suites.

NOTE: This bulletin only applies for eUICC Consumer products. No change is done on the M2M
Test Suites (SGP.02/SGP.11).

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Test Suite usage

The new eUICC Consumer Test Suites, implementing respectively the GSMA SGP.23 v1.14 andthe TCA v3.2.3 test specifications, aim to verify the compliance of products against the following
technical specifications:•SGP.22 v2.2.x or v2.3 or v2.4 or v2.5

•TCA v2.1 or v2.2 or v2.3.1 or v3.1 or v3.2

The technical versions supported by the eUICC are indicated in the XML Card Options.

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TCA v3.3 management

Products supporting SGP.22 v2.3 or higher may support TCA technical specification v3.3.
TCA test specification v3.2.3 does not support/consider the TCA technical specification v3.3 (onlyv3.2 and lower versions are considered).
Hence, the TCA Test Suite v2.0.3 (TCA test specification v3.2.3) cannot verify the compliance of
product against the TCA technical specification v3.3.
For products supporting the TCA technical specification v3.3, GlobalPlatform can only certify thecompatibility and the compliance according to the TCA technical specification v3.2.
As a consequence, EUM claiming to support TCA v3.3 must fill the XML Card Options as follow:•SGP.23 Test Suite:o•

IUT_EUICC_ADD_PP_VERSIONS = 030300

TCA v3.2.3 Test Suite:o

TCA_VERSION = 030200

An eUICC implementing the TCA technical specification v3.3 will pass all tests applicable for theTCA technical specification v3.2.

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For more information please contact the Compliance Secretariat:
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