Appendix H. Region and Country-Specific Requirements and Recommendations
Transaction Acceptance Device Guide (TADG)
Further details on these requirements, as well as recommendations for best practices regarding
Application Selection can be found in the document ‘Visa EMV Application Selection Requirements and Recommendations’ available on Visa Online: https://www.eu.visaonline.com/eu_BusinessPublications/download.asp?file=pdf6003663130231960000
H.1.3 All Europe Region
VCPS 2.1.1
Effective 1 June 2012
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All merchant businesses not accepting contactless payments at any outlets prior to 1 June 2012 must, when they begin accepting contactless payments, only deploy transaction acceptance devices compliant with VCPS 2.1.1 or above.
Effective 1 January 2014
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All newly deployed contactless enabled transaction acceptance devices must be compliant with
VCPS 2.1.1 or above; and
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All installed and activated contactless enabled transaction acceptance devices must have migrated to VCPS 2.1.1 or above.
Dynamic Currency Conversion
Effective 4 April 2014
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Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) on contactless payments may only be offered where the transaction amount is above the Reader Cardholder Verification Method (CVM) Limit.
Terminal Requirements and Implementation Guide 1.3
Effective 31 March 2014
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All newly deployed and upgraded contactless enabled transaction devices must comply with version 1.3 of the Terminal Requirements and Implementation Guidelines (TIG).
Effective 31 March 2015
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All newly deployed and all existing contactless enabled transaction acceptance devices must comply with version 1.3 or subsequent versions of the TIG.
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