EMV® Specification Bulletin No.

230 Second Edition

February 2022

Terminal Information to Enhance Contactless Application Selection

This Specification Bulletin updates the EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems
to allow the contactless terminal to provide terminal information to the card, which the card
may then use to adjust the list of applications used for Application Selection.

The 2nd edition of this Specification Bulletin:

• Adds the requirement that if the terminal detects the Terminal Categories Supported List
or SDOL are incorrectly formatted, the terminal shall discard the incorrectly formatted
data object(s) and continue processing the transaction.
• Clarifies that, in addition to the data objects explicitly listed for the SDOL, the terminal
may recognize and be able to provide values for other data objects as requested in the
SDOL.
• Clarifies that construction of the SDOL requested data is performed according to the rules
in EMV 4.3 Book 3 Section 5.4, Rules for Using a Data Object List (DOL).
Changes made in the 2nd edition of this Specification Bulletin are shown using strikethroughs and red
text.

Applicability

This Draft Specification Bulletin applies to:

• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems, Book A Architecture and General
Requirements, version 2.8, April 2019
• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems, Book B Entry Point Specification, version
2.8, April 2019
As the EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems versions 2.9 and version 2.10 already
incorporated the changes from the first edition of this Specification Bulletin, only the changes added in
this 2nd edition of the Draft Specification Bulletin are applicable to those newer versions of the
specifications:
• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems, Book A Architecture and General
Requirements, version 2.9, March 2020, and version 2.10, March 2021
• EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems, Book B Entry Point Specification, version
2.9, March 2020, and version 2.10, March 2021

Related Documents

None

Effective Date

1st January, 2023

Description
This bulletin updates the EMV Contactless Specifications for Payment Systems, adding optional new
functionality allowing the contactless terminal to provide terminal information to the card, which the
card may then use to adjust the list of applications used for Application Selection.

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Specification Changes
Book A
In Section 5.8.2, after the 2nd paragraph, add the following note:

Note: Cards may indicate in the PPSE response via inclusion of the Terminal Categories
Supported List (tag '9F3E') and/or Selection Data Object List (tag '9F3F') that additional
terminal information be provided by Entry Point. This terminal information may be used by the
card to adjust the list of applications used for application selection. Entry Point
implementations that support the SEND POI INFORMATION (SPI) command issue the
command to send the requested terminal information to the card, and the card response is
the list of applications to use for application selection.

Book B
In Section 3, replace Figure 3-1 with the following figure:

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In Section 3.3.1, replace Table 3-2 with the following table:

'6F' FCI Template M

'84' DF Name (‘2PAY.SYS.DDF01’) O6
'A5' FCI Proprietary Template M
'BF0C' FCI Issuer Discretionary Data M
'61' Directory Entry M
'4F' ADF Name M
'50' Application Label O
'87' Application Priority Indicator (see C7
Table 3-3)
'9F2A' Kernel Identifier (see Table 3-4 and C8
Table 3-5)
'9F29' Extended Selection (see Table A-1on C9
page 45)
‘9F0A’ Application Selection Registered O
Proprietary Data (ASRPD, see
requirement 3.3.1.2)
'61' Directory Entry O
'4F' ADF Name M10
'50' Application Label O10
'87' Application Priority Indicator C7,10
'9F2A' Kernel Identifier C8,10
'9F29' Extended Selection C9,10
‘9F0A’ Application Selection Registered O
Proprietary Data (ASRPD, see
requirement 3.3.1.2)
'61' Directory Entry O
'4F' ADF Name M10
'50' Application Label O10
'87' Application Priority Indicator C7,10
'9F2A' Kernel Identifier C8,10
'9F29' Extended Selection C9,10
‘9F0A’ Application Selection Registered O
Proprietary Data (ASRPD, see
requirement 3.3.1.2)
'9F3E' Terminal Categories Supported List O
'9F3F' Selection Data Object List (SDOL) O

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After Section 3.3.1, add the following new section:

3.3.1a Terminal Information During Application Selection

After the SELECT (PPSE) response is received by Entry Point, an additional phase of the
application selection process may be performed where terminal information is provided to the
card, allowing the card to send back a different list of supported applications to be used in the
application selection process.

Entry Point support for this additional phase of the application selection process, including
support of the SEND POI INFORMATION command and terminal data objects used, is
implementation optional.

For example, the FCI of the PPSE returns a list of 3 applications, but after receiving terminal
information that indicates the terminal is a transit device, the card may determine that one
specific application is preferred for transit use and respond with only that one application for
application selection.

The card requests terminal information during application selection by including one or more
of the following data objects in the FCI Issuer Discretionary Data (tag 'BF0C') of the PPSE
response message:

• Terminal Categories Supported List (tag '9F3E')

• Selection Data Object List (SDOL, tag '9F3F')

If the terminal detects that the Terminal Categories Supported List or the SDOL is incorrectly
formatted, the terminal shall discard the incorrectly formatted data object(s) and continue
processing.

Upon receipt of the SELECT (PPSE) response, Entry Point issues the SEND POI
INFORMATION (SPI) command when either of the following occurs:

• If the Terminal Category (POI Information ID '0001') of the terminal is on the Terminal
Categories Supported List.

• If the SDOL is returned by the card.

Entry Point sends the SPI command in order to provide the requested data to the card. The
SPI command is defined in Annex C.1.

The card responds to the SPI command with an FCI containing the list of applications to use
for application selection. The list of applications in this FCI may be the same or may be
different from the list of applications previously returned in the FCI of the SELECT (PPSE)
response. Card determination of which applications to return in the FCI of the SPI response
message is outside the scope of this specification.

In Section 3.3.2, add the following bullet as the new fourth bullet:

• Terminal information may be requested by the card, causing an additional command-

response message to be sent.

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In Section 3.3.2, replace Figure 3-2 with the following figure:

Contactless Card Reader

SELECT PPSE

List of ADF names + kernel IDs

SEND POI INFORMATION (SPI)

List of ADF names + kernel IDs

SELECT AID

FCI

Replace requirement 3.3.2.3 with the following new requirements:

3.3.2.3 If Entry Point receives SW1 SW2 = '9000' in response to the SELECT (PPSE)
command, then:
- If either of the following is true:
- the Terminal Category (POI Information ID '0001') of the terminal is on
the Terminal Categories Supported List (tag '9F3E') returned in the FCI
- or the SDOL (tag '9F3F') is returned in the FCI,
then Entry Point shall proceed to Step 1a.
Otherwise, Entry Point shall proceed to Step 2.
Otherwise, Entry Point shall add no Combinations to the Candidate List and shall
proceed to Step 3.

Step 1a

3.3.2.3a Entry Point shall send the SPI command to the card. The SPI command is
defined in Annex C.1.
3.3.2.3b If Entry Point receives SW1 SW2 = '9000' in response to the SPI command,
then Entry Point shall proceed to Step 2 and shall use the FCI returned in the
SPI response to perform application selection.
Otherwise, Entry Point shall add no Combinations to the Candidate List and
shall proceed to Step 3.

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In Annex A, add the following new entries to Table A-1 Data Elements Dictionary:
Name Description Source Format Template Tag Length
POI Information Contains information about the terminal and the acceptance Entry b — '8B' var. up to
environment.
Point 64
The value field of the POI Information data object has the following
format:
ID1 L1 V1 ID2 L2 V2…
Where:
• ID is a two-byte identifier whose context is limited to the POI
Information data object. The IDs used in the POI Information
data object are completely unrelated to IDs used in other data
objects, such as the IDs used in the ASRPD.
• L is the length of the value field coded in 1 byte (0 to 61).
• V is the value field.
Note that:
• IDs are assigned by EMVCo and may only appear in the POI
Information if they have been registered with EMVCo.
• IDs have no structure. They are not tags according to BER-
TLV coding.
See section A.1 for the list of POI Information IDs defined by EMV and
used in this specification.

Selection Data Object List Contains a list of terminal resident data objects (tags and lengths) Card b 'BF0C' '9F3F' var.
needed by the card in processing the SEND POI INFORMATION
(SDOL)
(SPI) command.
The SDOL can be used to request the following terminal data objects:
• Amount, Authorised (Numeric) (tag '9F02')
• POI Information (tag '8B')
• Terminal Country Code (tag '9F1A')
• Transaction Currency Code (tag '5F2A')
Only the data objects explicitly listed above must be known and
correct data object values provided by the terminal for the SDOL. The
terminal may recognize and be able to provide the values for other
data objects if requested via the SDOL, but that is not required.

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 Contains a list of one or more terminal categories supported by the
Terminal Categories Card b 'BF0C' '9F3E' var.
card.
Supported List Bytes 1-2: Terminal Category 1
Bytes 3-4: Terminal Category 2
…
Plus two bytes for each additional Terminal Category
The Terminal Categories supported by this specification are defined in
Table A-2, Terminal Category (POI Information ID '0001').

At the end of Annex A, add the following new sub-annex:

A.1 EMV Defined POI Information Identifiers

This section lists the EMV defined IDs for the POI Information data object. This section does not include any IDs registered with EMVCo but whose contents
are not defined by EMV.

Table A-2: EMV Defined POI Information Identifiers (IDs)

POI Name Description Format Length

Inform
ation
ID
'0001' Terminal Category Indicates the terminal category to which the terminal belongs. For terminals that do not belong b 2
to a terminal category listed below, the Terminal Category ID L V is not present in the POI
Information data object.

'00 01' = Transit gate; the terminal at the entrance or exit to a transit network (e.g., a metro
gate) or vehicle (e.g., a bus) that is used to accept cards for transit network access. This
category does not include terminals present in transit acceptance environments but that do
not control access to the transit network (e.g., unattended ticketing kiosks).

'00 02' = Loyalty; the terminal facilitates a loyalty program using POI Information.

All other values are RFU for this specification.

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After Annex B, add the following new annex:

Annex C Commands
This annex lists the new command(s) that are added by this specification.

C.1 SEND POI INFORMATION (SPI) Command-Response

APDUs
C.1.1 Definition and Scope
The SPI command sends information about the terminal to the card during the application
selection process. Cards may use this terminal information to change the list of applications
they return to the terminal, as some applications may be more or less appropriate depending
on the terminal to which the card is being presented.

Cards indicate support for this functionality by returning either or both the Terminal Categories
Supported List (tag '9F3E') and SDOL (tag '9F3F') data objects in the FCI of the SELECT of
the PPSE.

The response from the card consists of returning an FCI.

C.1.2 Command Message

The SPI command message is coded according to Table C-1:

Table C-1: SPI Command Message

Code Value

CLA '80'

INS '1A'

P1 '00'; all other values are RFU

P2 '00'; all other values are RFU

Lc Number of data bytes

Data Command template

See section C.1.3 for details

Le '00'

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 C.1.3 Data Field Sent in the Command Message
The data field of the command message is the command template tag ('83') and length,
followed by the following data:

• If the SDOL is provided by the card, data object values according to the SDOL
provided by the card. DOL coding is as defined in EMV 4.3 Book 3 Section 5.4 and
the construction of the SDOL requested data is performed according to the rules in
that section.

• If the Terminal Category (POI Information ID '0001') of the terminal is on the Terminal
Categories Supported List (tag '9F3E') returned by the card in the FCI of the SELECT
(PPSE) response, then the POI Information ID, length, and value of the following data
objects in the POI Information are returned:

• (Required) the Terminal Category of the terminal (ID '0001')

• (Optional) any other IDs in the POI Information IDs*.

*In this version of the specification, EMV does not define any additional POI
Information IDs returned to supplement the current terminal categories. However,
proprietary programs may choose to include supplemental information for
specific terminal categories additional POI Information IDs when these IDs are
assigned by EMV in the future.

Figure C-1 illustrates the SPI command message data field. Solid lines indicate the data is
always included in the data field and dashed lines indicate the data is conditionally or
optionally included in the data field, as defined above.

Figure C-1: SPI Command Message Data Field

'83' Length SDOL requested POI Information data Additional POI Information
data object values objects of Terminal data objects
Category

'0001 02 xxxx'

(ID1 L1 V1) (ID2 L2 V2 … IDn Ln Vn)

C.1.4 Data Field Returned in the Response Message

The data field of the response message contains the FCI as shown in Table 3-2, except that
the Terminal Categories Supported List (tag '9F3E') and SDOL (tag '9F3F') data objects are
not included. Terminals shall ignore these two data objects if they are included in the FCI of
the SPI response message.

The applications listed in the FCI may be the same as the applications previously returned in
the FCI of the SELECT of the PPSE, or may be different applications based on the terminal
information received by the card in the SPI command.

C.1.5 Processing State Returned in the Response Message

'9000' indicates a successful execution of the command.

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