CEN/TC 224/WG 8 - Thin flexible cards

CEN/TC 224/WG 8 is a Working Group within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Thin flexible cards" and is responsible for: Standardization of all inter-sector aspects of thin flexible cards characteristics. This includes aspects such as: physical and technical characteristics, magnetic recording technique and test methods and procedures to carry out measurements of the TFC characteristics, security features acceptance conditions and criteria for quality assurance. This committee has published 2 standards.

CEN/TC 224/WG 8 develops CEN standards. The scope of work includes: Standardization of all inter-sector aspects of thin flexible cards characteristics. This includes aspects such as: physical and technical characteristics, magnetic recording technique and test methods and procedures to carry out measurements of the TFC characteristics, security features acceptance conditions and criteria for quality assurance. Currently, there are 2 published standards from this working group.

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