This Recommendation | International Standard provides the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the connection-oriented ACSE protocol specified in ITU-T Rec. X.227 | ISO/IEC 8650-1. This PICS proforma is in compliance with the relevant requirements, and in accordance with the relevant guidance, given in ITU-T Rec. X.296 | ISO/IEC 9646-7. Detail of the use of this proforma is provided in this Recommendation | International Standard.

The supplier of an implementation which is claimed to conform to ITU-T Rec. X.227 | ISO/IEC 8650-1 is required to complete a copy of the PICS proforma provided in Annex A, and is required to provide the information necessary to identify both the supplier and the implementation.