{"id":43225,"date":"2024-04-11T08:12:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T06:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/?post_type=faq&p=43225"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:21:04","slug":"electronic-signature-eidas-regulation-european-union","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/faqs\/electronic-signature-eidas-regulation-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Signature in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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In relation to Regulation 910\/2014<\/strong>, we analyze the electronic signature <\/a>situation in the European Union<\/strong> and its regulation. In this context, Viafirma fully complies with the requirements of the eIDAS regulation<\/strong>, considered the most demanding digital identity trust services standard worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Regulation (EU) No. 910\/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated July 23, 2014 (eIDAS)<\/a> is the main regulation governing electronic signatures in the European Union<\/strong>. This regulation establishes the conditions<\/strong> under which Member States must recognize the electronic identification means of natural and legal persons<\/strong> originating from electronic identification systems notified by other Member States. It also regulates trust services and provides a legal framework for electronic signatures<\/strong>, electronic seals, electronic time stamps, electronic documents, certified electronic delivery services and certificate services for website authentication. The regulation has been in force since July 1, 2016.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Regulation (EU) 910\/2014 establishes three types of electronic signatures:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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    1. Electronic signature:<\/strong> Data in electronic format, separated from or logically associated with other electronic data, used by the signatory to sign.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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        1. Advanced electronic signature:<\/strong> This is an electronic signature that meets the following requirements:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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            • It is uniquely linked<\/strong> to the signatory.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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                • Allows the identification of the signer.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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                    • It has been created using electronic signature creation data that the signer can use under his sole control<\/strong>, with a high level of confidence.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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                        • It is linked to the signed data in such a way that any subsequent modification of the data is detectable.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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                            1. Qualified electronic signature: An advanced electronic signature created by means of a qualified electronic signature creation device<\/strong> and based on a qualified certificate.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

                              The solutions offered by Viafirma comply with these three legal signature modalities in the European Union. The choice between a simple, advanced or qualified option is subject only to the functional or technical requirements of our clients.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

                              Article 25 of the eIDAS regulation<\/strong> establishes the legal effects of electronic signatures<\/strong> as follows:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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                                • An electronic signature shall not be denied<\/strong> legal effect and admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings solely because it is electronic or does not meet the requirements of a qualified electronic signature.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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                                    • A qualified electronic signature shall have a legal effect equivalent to that of a handwritten signature.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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                                        • A qualified electronic signature based on a qualified certificate issued in one Member State shall be recognized as such in all other Member States.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"class_list":["post-43225","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-legality-and-security"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/43225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/43225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}