Electronic Signatures Directive

Directive 1999/93/EC
European Union directive
Title Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures
Made by European Parliament & Council
Journal reference L13, pp. 12-20
Other legislation
Replaced by REGULATION (EU) No 910/2014 is repealing Directive 1999/93/EC and shall apply from 1 July 2016.

The Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC is a European Union Directive on the use of electronic signatures (eSignatures) in electronic contracts within the European Union (EU).[1]

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 signatures

1. Member 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

Implementation

See also Digital signatures and law#European Union and the European Economic Area

See also

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