Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Brussels, November 4 th -5 th, 2008 Digital tachograph meeting Focus on the key sharing

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: What is the key sharing The possibility for a country to use the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and by extension, the technical infrastructure of another one, keeping its roles of Member State Authority and Card Issuing Authority, in accordance with the regulation.

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Two different scenarios 1 – Without sharing : Front office, IT system, PKI and card production center in the same country (e.g. Poland, Slovenia, France). 2 – Key and infrastructure sharing : Front office in a country, IT system, PKI and card production center in another country (e.g. France – Malta).

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Front office, IT system, PKI and card production center in the same country (e.g. : Poland, Slovenia, France) Member State Authority Card Issuing Authority Production center Application center IT system running Uniqueness checking PKI Delivery

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Key and infrastructure sharing : front office in the country, IT system, PKI and card production center in another country (example : France - Malta) Application center in Malta IT system running in France Uniqueness checking Production Center in France Common PKI (France), and certificates are differentiated by the country code ( * ) The different databases are strictly separated (*)(*) Card Issuing Authority Member State Authority

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Key and infrastructure sharing Requirements : - Security policies adapted according to the scheme ; - Administrative agreement between France and Malta, to authorise the sharing of the infrastructures, and notably the issuance of Maltese cards with French certificates.

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Key and infrastructure sharing Advantages : - The costs decrease consequently ; - Short time to settle the system ; - Benefit of the experience of a system already tested and running ; - Benefit of the management of the system.

Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Bruxelles/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium - Office: CHAR 03/149 Telephone: switchboard Fax: Thank you for your attention