Mutual recognition agreement Cook-book.
Regulation (EU) No 910/20142 (hereafter the eIDAS Regulation, or eIDAS), on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, provides a regulatory environment for electronic identification of natural and legal persons and for trust services.
To enhance in particular the trust of enterprises and consumers in the internal market and to promote the use of trust services, eIDAS introduces the notions of qualified trust services (QTSs) and qualified trust service provider (QTSP) with a view to indicating that these QTSs and QTSPs comply with high-level security requirements and obligations.
The eIDAS Regulation defines 9 types of qualified trust services:
- the provision of qualified certificates for electronic signatures,
- the provision of qualified certificates for electronic seals,
- the provision of qualified certificates for website authentication,
- the qualified validation service for qualified electronic signatures,
- the qualified validation service for qualified electronic seals,
- the qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures,
- the qualified preservation service for qualified electronic seals,
- the provision of qualified time stamps, and
- qualified electronic delivery services.
Finally, the eIDAS Regulation defines a natural or legal person providing one or more of these QTSs and that is granted the qualified status by the supervisory body (SB) as a QTSP.
 |
Pilot eSig BB internationalization. MRA Cook-book |