TESTA

• the exchange of vehicle data and the fight against car theft and registration fraud at re-registration of cars after import;
• the fight against crime and terrorism based on Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA;
• the exchange of driving license Information within the EU system RESPER;
• the exchange of owner/holder data for the enforcement of road-safety related traffic offences (CBE).

Currently all EU and EFTA Member States are connected to EUCARIS and exchange an estimated 50 million messages per year. As from 2007, all data exchange is over the closed TESTA network, guaranteeing a high level of security on top of the XML-signing offered by the EUCARIS system, which is essential as sensitive data are exchanged. TESTA has proven to be highly reliable and to deal with our load without any problems. Next steps we consider, are the TESTA PKI and DNS services, to further enhance our service level."   

Herman Grooters, Manager Operations EUCARIS, on behalf of the Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW)
eucaris2help@rdw.nl
 

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ECRIS: "The European Criminal Record Information System (ECRIS) was established in 2012 to facilitate the exchange of information on criminal records throughout the European Union. It enables the electronic interconnections between EU countries and puts rules into place to ensure that information on convictions contained in the national criminal records systems can be exchanged through an electronic standardised format, in a uniform and speedy way, and within short legal deadlines. Currently all EU countries are connected to the ECRIS and the exchanges reached in 2016 around the 2 million messages over the TESTA network. The ECRIS users are also using the secured TESTA FTP service which was recently migrated to TESTA-next generation."

Jaime Lopez Loosvelt, General Criminal Law Unit, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission
JUST-CRIMINAL-RECORD@ec.europa.eu
 

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European Union Intellectual Property Office: "For us, TESTA is the vehicle to communicate digitally among the EU agencies and with the EU institutions. Typically we are in contact with our parent DG and other EU agencies in our policy areas, as well as Member States. Because we are decentralized and because we now live in a digital world, for us telecommunications are very important. So being able to communicate electronically in a safe way is even more important for us. TESTA is the network we use and we are very happy with the completeness of our stakeholders linked to the network, the fact that it is secure and the fact that is has a good track record of availability."

Diego Eguidazu, Deputy Director for ICT Services, Digital Transformation Department, Diego.Eguidazu@euipo.europa.eu

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AGID Italy: "We are managing the IT connection to TESTA since 15 years at the Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale. All national Italian public administration is connected to the National Public Administration’s Network (the so called SPC network) and the SPC network itself is connected to TESTA. Through TESTA we have one single point of interconnection by which we are able to deliver services to Italian Public administration. Our administrations are very satisfied with the services provided by TESTA.”

Marino Di Nillo, Soluzioni per la Pubblica Amministrazione
dinillo@agid.gov.it

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Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Sweden: "I can definitely recommend TESTA. For me, this is the only connection point towards other European agencies because it meets the standard of security, encryption and resilience."

Anders Hagland, Service Owner​
Anders.hagland@msb.se
 

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DG TRADE: "Dual use Items are goods and technologies that can be used for both civilian and military applications and/or can contribute to the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The trade of such items is subject to controls to prevent the inherent risks they may represent to international security. The controls derive from international obligations (in particular UN Security Council Resolution 1540, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention) and are in line with commitments agreed upon in multilateral export control regimes. 

The Dual Use System (DUES) offered by the Commission is used by all the Member States in order to share information on Dual Use export transactions and enforce the controls at European level. The information available in the DUES system is highly sensitive, this is why all DUES communications are exchanged over the secured TESTA network thereby ensuring the appropriate level of data confidentiality and integrity. 

Thanks to the DUES system and TESTA network, the EU is able to control the export, transit and brokering of dual-use items and are both key instruments in contributing towards international peace and security."

Jean-Marc Reynders, Information Technology and IT systems Unit, DG TRADE, European Commission
TRADE-SERVICE-DESK@ec.europa.eu

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Emergency Response Coordination Centre, CECIS project: "The Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS) has been developed and enhanced by the Commission under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism since 2005. CECIS facilitates communication between the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) and the National Authorities, making response to disasters faster and more effective. Its main task is to host a database on potentially available assets for assistance, to handle requests for assistance on the basis of these data, to exchange information and to document all action and message traffic.

From the beginning, TESTA was selected to ensure the appropriate level of data confidentiality and integrity. The high availability of the TESTA network gives to the CECIS application a very good reliability, in a secure context. This collaboration ensures to our users at EU countries a very good level of service."

Etienne MARCHAND, CECIS Project Manager, DG ECHO, European Commission
Etienne.MARCHAND@ec.europa.eu

CERT-EU: "CERT-EU established on September 11, 2012 is a permanent team providing cybersecurity and incident response services to all the EU institutions, bodies and agencies. It cooperates closely with other CERTs in the Member States and beyond as well as with specialized IT security companies.

In order to deliver some of its services, CERT-EU relies on a number of efficient software, hardware and network components among which the private, more secure "Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations - new generation" network that enables constituents having subscribed to full network access to connect to CERT-EU TESTA-ng servers. Moreover, the TESTA Public Key Infrastructure allows CERT-EU to benefit from S/MIME encryption certificates to protect further e-mail exchanges with constituents, peers and partners who are similarly equipped."

cert-eu@ec.europa.eu