Electronic Signatures Directive
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The Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC was a European Union directive on the use of electronic signatures (e-signatures) in electronic contracts within the European Union (EU).
It was repealed by the eIDAS regulation on 1 July 2016.
Contents
The central provision of the directive is article 5, which requires that electronic signatures are regarded as equivalent to written signatures.
Legal effects of electronic signaturesMember States shall ensure that advanced electronic signatures which are based on a qualified certificate and which are created by a secure-signature-creation device: (a) satisfy the legal requirements of a signature in relation to data in electronic form in the same manner as a handwritten signature satisfies those requirements in relation to paper-based data; and (b) are admissible as evidence in legal proceedings.
Related acts
- COM(2008) 798 final – Not published in the Official Journal
- COM(2006) 120 final – Not published in the Official Journal
- Official Journal L 175 , 15/07/2003 P. 0045 - 0046
- Official Journal L 289 , 16/11/2000 P. 0042 - 0043
Implementation
See also
- Digital signatures and law § European Union and the European Economic Area
- Electronic signature
- United States Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
External links
- 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine