REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED CERTIFICATES FOR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

Qualified certificates for electronic signatures shall contain: an indication, at least in a form suitable for automated processing, that the certificate has been issued as a qualified certificate for electronic signature; a set of data unambiguously representing the qualified trust service provider issuing the qualified certificates including at least, the Member State in which that provider is established and: for a legal person: the name and, where applicable, registration number as stated in the official records, for a natural person: the person’s name; at least the name of the signatory, or a pseudonym; if a pseudonym is used, it shall be clearly indicated; electronic signature validation data that corresponds to the electronic signature creation data; details of the beginning and end of the certificate’s period of validity; the certificate identity code, which must be unique for the qualified trust service provider; the advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal of the issuing qualified trust service provider; the location where the certificate supporting the advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal referred to in point (g) is available free of charge; the location of the services that can be used to enquire about the validity status of the qualified certificate; where the electronic signature creation data related to the electronic signature validation data is located in a qualified electronic signature creation device, an appropriate indication of this, at least in a form suitable for automated processing.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.