Ballot SMC011 - Add EUID as Registration Reference

Ballot overview

• Ballot SMC011, Add EUID as Registration Reference, is a Final Maintenance Guideline for the S/MIME Baseline Requirements.
• It allows the option to use a European Unique Identifier as a Registration Reference in the NTR Registration Scheme.
• It also includes editorial corrections, including minor updates to references and regrouping information from Appendix A to Section 7.1.4.2.2(d).

Voting and adoption

• The voting period completed and the ballot passed.
• Voting results met the bylaws requirements for both Certificate Issuers and Certificate Consumers, and quorum was met.
• The page states that no IPR Exclusion Notices were filed.
• The ballot was adopted as of May 14, 2025.
• The new S/MIME BR v.1.0.9 was published to the CABF public website.

What changed

• The subject:organizationIdentifier field may use a Registration Reference assigned under the identified Registration Scheme.
• For NTR registrations in the European Union or the European Economic Area, the Registration Reference may use the EUID identifier.
• For NTR registrations in Germany, the Registration Reference should use the EUID identifier.
• The ballot defines the EUID structure as:
  • 2 character ISO 3166-1 country code matching the leading NTR country code
  • business register identifier for the section or office that assigned the Registration Reference
  • a dot
  • the Registration Reference allocated by the domestic register
• The ballot adds examples, including NTRDE-DER3306.HRB12345.
• It also updates related registration scheme rules, including country-code matching, VAT scheme handling, and notes for government entities and international organizations.

Compliance timing

• The ballot text says these requirements apply only to relevant events that occur on or after the relevant Effective Date described in Section 1.2.1.
• The linked redline shows the additional compliance date for SMC011 as September 01, 2023, with the publication date listed as TBD in the redline revision table.
• The ballot page itself does not state a separate compliance date for implementation beyond the adopted publication of Version 1.0.9.