European Union directive | |
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Title | Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures |
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Made by | European Parliament & Council |
Journal reference | [ 31999L0093 L13, pp. 12–20] |
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Replaced by | Regulation 910/2014 ( eIDAS) from 1 July 2016. |
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). [1]
It was repealed by the eIDAS regulation on 1 July 2016.
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
- 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.
European Union directive | |
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Title | Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures |
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Made by | European Parliament & Council |
Journal reference | [ 31999L0093 L13, pp. 12–20] |
Other legislation | |
Replaced by | Regulation 910/2014 ( eIDAS) from 1 July 2016. |
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). [1]
It was repealed by the eIDAS regulation on 1 July 2016.
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
- 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.