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Morpho supplies digital tachograph cards to Russia
Russia is introducing the digital tachograph as part of the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), which stipulates the times at which drivers can be behind the wheel or have to rest. The smart card expert Morpho (Safran group) is supplying the necessary cards to the Russian card issuer.
Morpho produces the digital tachograph cards at its plant in Flintbek in northern Germany, one of the most modern smart card centers in the world. Type approval for the cards is carried out by the German Federal Office for Motor Traffic and all necessary certificates are examined there.
The cards’ security and their interoperability with various digital tachographs have been independently confirmed by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the EU laboratory in Ispra, Italy, respectively. The cards are personalized at the company’s Russian subsidiary in Zelenograd, which has a production environment with the necessary security certification and is also the National Trust Center that supplies the electronic certificates for the cards.
“Our know-how in card production and in personalizing ID cards and our experience in carrying out complex projects persuaded the Russian card-issuing authority to use our tachograph cards,” said Holm Neuhäusser, Managing Director of the Russian subsidiary of Morpho, e-Documents Division.
Jacques van Zijp, Sales Director ID-Documents at Morpho commented: “This now makes Russia the twelfth country in Europe to deploy tachograph technology from Morpho. The trust that so many government authorities have shown in our technology and project expertise strengthens our position as a leading company for highly secure identification solutions.”