# German ePass, ePA

Germany already uses a passport with builtin contactless smart card (ePass = elektronischer Reisepass). Germany plans to introduce an identification card with similar functionality (ePA = elektronischer Personalausweis) in 2010.

If you have informations about ePass or ePA, please let us know or add a link to the list below:

Information about the german ePass / ePA:

- informations about german passports from the "Bundesinnenministerium"
- das eCard-API-Framework (BSI TR-03112)
- short info about ePA
- ePA field-test, call for participants
- JMRTD - software to read RFID chips in biometric e-passports
- Virtual Smartcard Architecture includes an emulation of an ePass
- OpenPACE OpenSSL implementation of the Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE) used with the ePA