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“trust service” means an electronic service normally provided for remuneration which consists of any of the following: the issuance of certificates for electronic signatures, certificates for electronic seals, certificates for website authentication or certificates for the provision of other trust services; the validation of certificates for electronic signatures, certificates for electronic seals, certificates for website authentication or certificates for the provision of other trust services; the creation of electronic signatures or electronic seals; the validation of electronic signatures or electronic seals; the preservation of electronic signatures, electronic seals, certificates for electronic signatures or certificates for electronic seals; the management of remote electronic signature creation devices or remote electronic seal creation devices; the issuance of electronic attestations of attributes; the validation of electronic attestation of attributes; the creation of electronic timestamps; the validation of electronic timestamps; the provision of electronic registered delivery services; the validation of data transmitted through electronic registered delivery services and related evidence; the electronic archiving of electronic data and electronic documents; the recording of electronic data in an electronic ledger;’;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.