diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.h b/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.h
index 9553da380..f070e7153 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.h
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ typedef enum
 - (NSArray *) categories;
 - (NSString *) photo;
 - (void) setPhoto: (NSString *) _value;
+- (NSData *) certificate;
+- (void) setCertificate: (NSData *) theCertificate;
 
 
 // - (void) setN: (NGVCardName *) _v;
diff --git a/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.m b/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.m
index 24f1f879e..48cc9d9a7 100644
--- a/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.m
+++ b/SOPE/NGCards/NGVCard.m
@@ -302,6 +302,27 @@
   [photo setSingleValue: _value forKey: @""];
 }
 
+- (NSData *) certificate
+{
+  CardElement *key;
+
+  key = [self uniqueChildWithTag: @"key"];
+  return [[[key valuesAtIndex: 0 forKey: @""] objectAtIndex: 0] dataByDecodingBase64];
+}
+
+- (void) setCertificate: (NSData *) theCertificate
+{
+  CardElement *key;
+  NSString *value;
+
+  value = [theCertificate stringByEncodingBase64];
+  key = [self uniqueChildWithTag: @"key"];
+  [key setValue: 0 ofAttribute: @"encoding" to: @"base64"];
+  [key setValue: 0 ofAttribute: @"type" to: @"application/pkcs7-signature"];
+
+  [key setSingleValue: value forKey: @""];
+}
+
 
 - (void) setOrg: (NSString *) anOrg
           units: (NSArray *) someUnits