Validation of the electronic reports issued by the electronic fiscal cash registers ExportValidator application
Journal
Romanian Journal of Information Technology and Automatic Control
ISSN
1220-1758
Date Issued
2020-12-20
Author(s)
Vasile, Paul-Cristian
DOI
10.33436/v30i4y202009
Abstract
With the change of the legislation in Romania, regarding the electronic fiscal cash registers, businesses have to equip themselves with devices that export the daily sales summary digitally, on an external
storage device. The exported file must follow a well-defined structure and ensure data integrity by applying
an included digital signature. Starting with 2018, the National Institute for Research and Development in
Informatics − ICI Bucharest runs the technical certifying procedures for fiscal electronic equipment, being
appointed by law as the certifying body. This involves verifying each cash register model marketed in Romania
in order to issue the technical certification. Due to the high volume of devices submitted for testing, a manual
check of the exported files requires both a long processing time and a broad knowledge of the cryptographic
mechanisms involved in the digital signature procedure. In this context, the ExportValidator application was
developed in order to automate the testing process and diminish the risk of human errors as much as possible.
In this paper the application will be showcased, discussing some implementation details and some of the
technologies used.
storage device. The exported file must follow a well-defined structure and ensure data integrity by applying
an included digital signature. Starting with 2018, the National Institute for Research and Development in
Informatics − ICI Bucharest runs the technical certifying procedures for fiscal electronic equipment, being
appointed by law as the certifying body. This involves verifying each cash register model marketed in Romania
in order to issue the technical certification. Due to the high volume of devices submitted for testing, a manual
check of the exported files requires both a long processing time and a broad knowledge of the cryptographic
mechanisms involved in the digital signature procedure. In this context, the ExportValidator application was
developed in order to automate the testing process and diminish the risk of human errors as much as possible.
In this paper the application will be showcased, discussing some implementation details and some of the
technologies used.