ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 7813 Sixth edition 2006-07-01 Information technology Identification cards Financial transaction cards Technologies de I'information - Cartes d'identification - Cartes de transactions financieres Reference number ISO/IEC 7813:2006(E) ISo IEC @ISO/IEC 2006 ISO/IEC 7813:2006(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The IsO Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below ? ISO/IEC2006 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ISO/IEC2006-All rightsreserved ISO/IEC 7813:2006(E) Foreword Commission) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization. National bodies that are members of IsO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees establishedbytherespectiveorganizationtodealwithparticularfieldsoftechnicalactivity.ISOandIEC technology, ISO and IEC have established a joint technical committee, ISO/IEC JTC 1. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEc Directives, Part 2 The main task of the joint technical committee is to prepare International Standards. Draft International an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the national bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent ISO/IEC 7813 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology Subcommittee SC 17, Cards and personal identification. This sixth edition cancels and replaces the fifth edition (ISO/lEC 7813:2001), which has been technically revised. All rights reserved ii ISO/IEC 7813:2006(E) Introduction This International Standard is one of a series of standards describing the parameters for identification cards This International Standard addresses the structure and data content of financial transaction cards. @ ISO/IEC 2006-All rights reserved INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC7813:2006(E) Information technology ldentification cards Financial transaction cards 1 Scope ThisInternationalStandardspecifiesthedatastructureanddatacontentof trackdata usedto initiatefinancial transactions.Ittakesintoconsiderationbothhumanandphysicalaspectsandstatesminimumrequirements of conformity. It references layout, recording techniques, numbering systems, registration procedures, but not security requirements. ISO/IEC 10373 specifies the test procedures used to check ID-1 cards against the parameters specified in this International Standard. 2 Conformance A financial transaction card is in conformance with this International Standard if it meets all mandatory requirements specified herein. A prerequisite for conformance with this International Standard is conformance with ISO 4909, ISO/IEC 7810, ISO/IEC7811,ISO/IEC 7812,ISO/IEC7816,ISO/IEC10536,ISO/IEC 14443 and ISO/IEC15693,where appropriate. 3 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated re