C.I.E – Carta di Identità Elettronica Functional Specification Version 2.0

2. IntroductionThis document is the Functional Specification of the Italian Electronic Identification Card "Carta diIdentità Elettronica" (CIE). It describes how the card works, seen from its external interface,without dealing with the implementation details.The behaviour described hereby is intended as mandatory. A CIE compliant card has to complyentirely with the indication contained in this document. The document assumes then the value of areference.Anyway, this does not forbid a card implementing this specification to have additional features,provided that they do not modify in any way the protocols described. In this sense, the specificationhas to be meant as the description of the minimum functionalities demanded to the card.The ISO 7816 norms are the basis of this specification, and have to be taken into account whenreading this document. Data structures, commands and codings described here proceed from thestandards. This specification aims to clear any possible point left open in the standards.The reader will not find then a copy of the standard themselves, but a consistent description of theelements taken from the standards (data structures, command, security concepts).If any of the information in this specification differs from the quoted standards, the rules herebycontained shall take precedence. This applies also to possible future standard issued on the subject.CIE - Functional Specification v 2.0 -Page 7/76