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Giesecke+Devrient

G+D

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) is a global SecurityTech company headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 May 2025 · Payment Services Directive

Response to Technical description of important and critical products with digital elements

10 Apr 2025

Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of the Giesecke+Devrient group, specializes in delivering highly secure solutions in Connectivity & IoT. Our offerings include technologies for pluggable SIM, eSIM, and iSIM, along with associated embedded operating systems and lifecycle management services. It also provides global connectivity services and comprehensive IoT solutions. In the feedback provided, we suggest an expansion of the definition for "Smartcards or similar devices, including secure elements." It is essential to consider factors such as core functionality and use case, risk ownership and assessment, and the impact on product availability when defining and classifying products. Based on the reasons outlined in the attached feedback, G+D Mobile Security Germany GmbH recommends reclassifying traditional removable SIM cards, which lack remote provisioning capabilities as defined by GSMA specifications like SGP.02, SGP.22, or SGP.32, from critical to important products.
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Meeting with Norbert Sagstetter (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

2 Apr 2025 · Interoperability of EU Digital Identity ecosystem

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

27 Feb 2025 · Opportunities for cooperation between the EU and India in the fields of research, innovation, Start Ups and innovation ecosystems.

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Jan 2025 · Legal Tender Regulation

Response to Digitalisation of travel documents and facilitation of travel

8 Jan 2025

G+D including Veridos appreciate the Commissions digital travel credential initiative based on the ICAO framework. From our implementation point of view the following topics are unclear and should be clarified. The scope of the proposed regulation is unclear. In particular it is not clear if the mobile application can only share the digital travel credentials via the Traveller Router or if it can also share the digital travel credentials directly with other entities. Sharing the digital travel credentials without the Traveller Router is required for a number of use cases and should be explicitly supported by the regulation. These use cases include sharing the digital travel credentials for border control purposes with non-Member States, sharing the digital travel credentials with airlines and other carriers as well as proximity use cases such as sharing the digital travel credentials at an e-gate. ICAO is in the process of specifying a protocol for sharing the digital travel credentials via the internet and specifies a protocol for the proximity use case. Art 12 (1) requires that the digital travel credential issued by Member States (MS) to their own nationals contains the same personal data as the passport or travel document based on which they are issued or created with the exception of fingerprints. It is unclear whether the digital travel credential may contain additional personal data. According to the legislative proposal the updated legal framework should as far as possible be based on the relevant international standards and practices agreed upon in the framework of ICAO. The published ICAO Digital Travel Credential (DTC) specifications allow already adding further data for national purposes; adding further data for international interoperability purposes (a more recent, better quality portrait image) is in the scope of the ongoing revision of the ICAO DTC specifications. Additional data in the digital travel credential issued by a MS with the consent of the user enhances the security and the accuracy of data and should therefore be allowed by the regulation: The portrait image in the passport may be up to 10 years old and the portrait quality may not be in conformance with the latest ICAO portrait quality provisions. Adding a more recent, better quality portrait image enhances the security of the border control. In addition a digital travel credential with a more recent, better quality portrait image may allow use cases for citizens that require a recent portrait image. Personal data stored in the chip of the travel document is often not accurate after issuance any longer, e.g. the address data in data group 11. In addition the length of the optional personal data elements in data group 11 is restricted, i.e. these data elements are truncated if too long. Digital travel credentials allow to use the current values without truncation, i.e. accurate data as required in many use cases. Art 4 (5) requires Before the creation of a digital travel credential in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 4, the EU Digital Travel application shall verify the integrity and authenticity of the storage medium of the travel document and It is unclear whether the EU Digital Travel application shall verify the integrity and authenticity of the storage medium (i.e. the chip) and / or of the data contained in the storage medium. If it is required to verify the authenticity of the chip, the travel document must support the Active Authentication (AA) or Chip Authentication (CA) protocol which are optional to support according to the ICAO specifications. This would limit the number of third country nationals who could use the EU Digital Travel application. We assume that the quoted paragraph should require the application to verify the integrity, authenticity and validity of the data contained in the storage medium in accordance with the description of the backend validation service (art 3). A clarification would be helpful.
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Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

7 Mar 2024 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Der Mittelstand, BVMW e.V.

25 Sept 2023 · AI Act

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

16 May 2022 · Chips Act

Meeting with Ralf Seekatz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

18 Jan 2022 · Geldwäschebekämpfung

Meeting with Estelle Goeger (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

20 May 2021 · CBC-eEuro/Central Bank Digital Currency

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

31 Jul 2020 · Video conference, brief exchange on digital finance strategy

Response to Driving licence legislation ex-post evaluation

10 Sept 2019

Veridos GmbH creates secure and pioneering identification and identity solutions for the international market. As a joint venture of Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, and Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin, Veridos pools the specialist expertise, the many years of experience, and the innovative power of the two largest German providers for high-security technologies (www.veridos.com). The introduction of Directive 2006/126/EC and its following harmonization of Driver's Licenses in te EU is a huge success over the heterogenous driver’s license landscape. This is also recognized by non-European countries seeking more and more seeking guidance and products similar sold in the European Union. The International Driver's License Standard and the implementing Directive 2006/126/EC lead to great products to make our roads much more safer! We like to comment on the "The implementation of Directive 2006/126/EC on driving licenses - Final report - Study"(https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/bbd8141d-e603-11e7-9749-01aa75ed71a1). Please find attached our suggestions to the non-physical license model. Mit freundlichen Grüssen / With kind regards / un saludo / saluti / cordialement / atenciosamente / atentamente / 親切に/ 此致敬意 / و تفضلوا بقبول وافر التحية / सादर प्रणाम / Με εκτίμηση / ရိုးသားစွာ Thomas AICHBERGER Senior Technical Sales & Portfolio Management Traffic ID Solutions Veridos GmbH – Identity Solutions by Giesecke & Devrient and Bundesdruckerei Truderinger Straße 15, D-81677 Munich / Germany Phone +49 89 4119-7341, Fax +49 89 4119-787341, Mobile: +49 172 8416755 mailto:thomas.aichberger@veridos.com http://www.veridos.com
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