What format and length does EMV tag 9F2C use?

Tag 9F2C uses the Binary format and is normally 7 bytes long.

Is tag 9F2C provided by the card or the terminal?

Tag 9F2C (Card Qualifier) is provided by the Card (ICC).

9F2C

Card Qualifier

Card Qualifier is the card-side counterpart to Kernel Qualifier (9F2B, covered alongside it here): a 7-byte data object describing the card's own Kernel 8 options and capabilities, read by the terminal to understand what this specific card actually supports within the Kernel 8 data model before proceeding. Together 9F2B and 9F2C play the same terminal-declares/card-declares pairing role already seen repeatedly in this dictionary for other kernel-specific and general capability fields (Terminal Capabilities versus the CVM List, Kernel Identifier versus Kernel Identifier – Terminal), just specific to Kernel 8's own qualifying data rather than the core fields those other pairs represent. A terminal that reads 9F2C but doesn't actually reconcile it against its own 9F2B before proceeding has skipped exactly the capability-matching step this pairing exists to support. See EMV Contactless Book C-8.

Interactive decoder

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Binary (7): 0A0B0C0D0E0F10

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Decoded example

Example value: 0A0B0C0D0E0F10

Related tags

9F2B

Properties

Tag	9F2C
Name	Card Qualifier
Format	Binary
Length	7 bytes
Source	Card (ICC)
Templates	—
Books	EMV Contactless Book C-8

Frequently asked questions

What is EMV tag 9F2C?: Card Qualifier is the card-side counterpart to Kernel Qualifier (9F2B, covered alongside it here): a 7-byte data object describing the card's own Kernel 8 options and capabilities, read by the terminal to understand what this specific card actually supports within the Kernel 8 data model before proceeding. Together 9F2B and 9F2C play the same terminal-declares/card-declares pairing role already seen repeatedly in this dictionary for other kernel-specific and general capability fields (Terminal Capabilities versus the CVM List, Kernel Identifier versus Kernel Identifier – Terminal), just specific to Kernel 8's own qualifying data rather than the core fields those other pairs represent. A terminal that reads 9F2C but doesn't actually reconcile it against its own 9F2B before proceeding has skipped exactly the capability-matching step this pairing exists to support. See EMV Contactless Book C-8.
What format and length does EMV tag 9F2C use?: Tag 9F2C uses the Binary format and is normally 7 bytes long.
Is tag 9F2C provided by the card or the terminal?: Tag 9F2C (Card Qualifier) is provided by the Card (ICC).

Sources

C-8_Kernel_8_v1.1, p. 244

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