This Technical Specification specifies Electronic Citizen Card (ECC) requirements. The requirements described in this Technical Specification are used to:1)define a plastic body card with associated physical and logical securities;2)specify the electrical interface and data transport protocols for the ECC;3)support the basic set of identification and authentication elements visible at the card surface;4)provide guidance for the specification of the ECC Durability.In addition to the above requirements, Informative Annex A in this document recommends different Physical Layouts for the ECC for two scenarios:-when the ECC is issued to act as a travelling document;-when the ECC is not issued to act as a travelling document.