Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799Show full title

11. VU — EXTERNAL GNSS FACILITY COUPLING, MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION AND SECURE MESSAGING U.K.

11.1. General U.K.

CSM_197 The GNSS facility used by a VU to determine its position may be internal, (i.e. built into the VU casing and not detachable), or it may be an external module. In the first case, there is no need to standardize the internal communication between the GNSS facility and the VU, and the requirements in this chapter do not apply. In the latter case, communication between the VU and the external GNSS facility shall be standardized and protected as described in this chapter. U.K.

CSM_198 Secure communication between a vehicle unit and an external GNSS facility shall take place in the same way as secure communication between a vehicle unit and a tachograph card, with the external GNSS facility (EGF) taking the role of the card. All requirements mentioned in chapter 10 for tachograph cards shall be satisfied by an EGF, taking into account the deviations, clarifications and additions mentioned in this chapter. In particular, mutual certificate chain verification, VU Authentication and Chip Authentication shall be performed as described in sections 11.3 and 11.4. U.K.

CSM_199 Communication between a vehicle unit and an EGF differs from communication between a vehicle unit and a card in the fact that a vehicle unit and an EGF must be coupled once in a workshop before the VU and the EGF can exchange GNSS-based data during normal operation. The coupling process is described in section 11.2. U.K.

CSM_200 For communication between a vehicle unit and an EGF, APDU commands and responses based on [ISO 7816-4] and [ISO 7816-8] shall be used. The exact structure of these APDUs is defined in Appendix 2 of this Annex. U.K.

11.2. VU and External GNSS Facility Coupling U.K.

CSM_201 A vehicle unit and an EGF in a vehicle shall be coupled by a workshop. Only a coupled vehicle unit and EGF shall be able to communicate during normal operation. U.K.

CSM_202 Coupling of a vehicle unit and an EGF shall only be possible if the vehicle unit is in calibration mode. The coupling shall be initiated by the vehicle unit. U.K.

CSM_203 A workshop may re-couple a vehicle unit to another EGF or to the same EGF at any time. During re-coupling, the VU shall securely destroy the existing EGF_MA certificate in its memory and shall store the EGF_MA certificate of the EGF to which it is being coupled. U.K.

CSM_204 A workshop may re-couple an external GNSS facility to another VU or to the same VU at any time. During re-coupling, the EGF shall securely destroy the existing VU_MA certificate in its memory and shall store the VU_MA certificate of the VU to which it is being coupled. U.K.

11.3. Mutual Certificate Chain Verification U.K.

11.3.1 General U.K.

CSM_205 Mutual certificate chain verification between a VU and an EGF shall take place only during the coupling of the VU and the EGF by a workshop. During normal operation of a coupled VU and EGF, no certificates shall be verified. Instead, the VU and EGF shall trust the certificates they stored during the coupling, after checking the temporal validity of these certificates. The VU and the EGF shall not trust any other certificates for protecting the VU — EGF communication during normal operation. U.K.

11.3.2 During VU — EGF Coupling U.K.

CSM_206 During the coupling to an EGF, a vehicle unit shall use the protocol depicted in Figure 4 (section 10.2.1) for verifying the external GNSS facility's certificate chain. U.K.

Notes to Figure 4 within this context: U.K.

— Communication control is out of the scope of this Appendix. However, an EGF is not a smart card and hence the VU will probably not send a Reset to initiate the communication and will not receive an ATR. U.K.

— The Card certificates and public keys mentioned in the figure shall be interpreted as the EGF's certificates and public keys for mutual authentication. Section 9.1.6 denotes these as EGF_MA. U.K.

— The Card.CA certificates and public keys mentioned in the figure shall be interpreted as the MSCA's certificates and public keys for signing EGF certificates. Section 9.1.3 denotes these as MSCA_VU-EGF. U.K.

— The Card.CA.EUR certificate mentioned in the figure shall be interpreted as the European root certificate that is indicated in the CAR of the MSCA_VU-EGF certificate. U.K.

— The Card.Link certificate mentioned in the figure shall be interpreted as the EGF's link certificate, if present. As specified in section 9.1.2, this is a link certificate for a new European root key pair created by the ERCA and signed by the previous European private key. U.K.

— The Card.Link.EUR certificate is the European root certificate that is indicated in the CAR of the Card.Link certificate. U.K.

— Instead of the , the VU shall read the from EF ICC. U.K.

— Instead of selecting the Tachograph AID, the VU shall select the EGF AID. U.K.

— ‘Ignore Card’ shall be interpreted as ‘Ignore EGF’. U.K.

CSM_207 Once it has verified the EGF_MA certificate, the vehicle unit shall store this certificate for use during normal operation; see section 11.3.3. U.K.

CSM_208 [F1 During the coupling to a VU, an external GNSS facility shall use the protocol depicted in Figure 5 (section 10.2.2) for verifying the VU's certificate chain.] U.K.

Notes to Figure 5 within this context: U.K.

— The VU shall generate a fresh ephemeral key pair using the domain parameters in the EGF certificate. U.K.

— The VU certificates and public keys mentioned in the figure are those for mutual authentication. Section 9.1.4 denotes these as VU_MA. U.K.

— The VU.CA certificates and public keys mentioned in the figure are those for signing VU and external GNSS facility certificates. Section 9.1.3 denotes these as MSCA_VU-EGF. U.K.

— The VU.CA.EUR certificate mentioned in the figure is the European root certificate that is indicated in the CAR of the VU.CA certificate. U.K.

— The VU.Link certificate mentioned in the figure is the VU's link certificate, if present. As specified in section 9.1.2, this is a link certificate for a new European root key pair created by the ERCA and signed by the previous European private key. U.K.

— The VU.Link.EUR certificate is the European root certificate that is indicated in the CAR of the VU.Link certificate. U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/502 of 28 February 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 laying down the requirements for the construction, testing, installation, operation and repair of tachographs and their components (Text with EEA relevance).

CSM_209 In deviation from requirement CSM_167, an EGF shall use the GNSS time to verify the temporal validity of any certificate presented. U.K.

[F1 CSM_210 Once it has verified the VU_MA certificate, the external GNSS facility shall store this certificate for use during normal operation; see section 11.3.3.] U.K.

11.3.3 During Normal Operation U.K.

CSM_211 [F1 During normal operation, a vehicle unit and an EGF shall use the protocol depicted in Figure 11 for verifying the temporal validity of the stored EGF_MA certificate and for setting the VU_MA public key for subsequent VU Authentication. No further mutual verification of the certificate chains shall take place during normal operation.] U.K.

Note that Figure 11 in essence consists of the first steps shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5. Again, note that since an EGF is not a smart card, the VU will probably not send a Reset to initiate the communication and will not receive an ATR. In any case this is out of the scope of this Appendix. U.K.

Figure 11

Mutual verification of certificate temporal validity during normal VU — EGF operation

CSM_212 As shown in Figure 11, the vehicle unit shall log an error if the EGF_MA certificate is no longer valid. However, mutual authentication, key agreement and subsequent communication via secure messaging shall proceed normally. U.K.

11.4. VU Authentication, Chip Authentication and Session Key Agreement U.K.

CSM_213 VU Authentication, Chip Authentication and session key agreement between a VU and an EGF shall take place during coupling and whenever a Secure Messaging session is re-established during normal operation. The VU and the EGF shall carry out the processes described in sections 10.3 and 10.4. All requirements in these sections shall apply. U.K.

11.5. Secure Messaging U.K.

CSM_214 All commands and responses exchanged between a vehicle unit and an external GNSS facility after successful Chip Authentication took place and until the end of the session shall be protected by Secure Messaging.in authentication-only mode. All requirements in section 10.5 shall apply. U.K.

CSM_215 If a Secure Messaging session between a VU and an EGF is aborted, the VU shall immediately establish a new Secure Messaging session, as described in section 11.3.3 and 11.4. U.K.