Electronic Signature in Accordancewith Regulation eIDAS
Vol.6,No.11(2015)
The legal definition of electronic signature in the Czech Republic, has so far been given by Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures, was established on its basis by Act no. 227/2000 Coll., on electronic signatures, asamended and the new Law no. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code.
The Regulation No. 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93 / EC that was issued on July23, 2014 is – with certain exceptions – effective from 1 July 2016. Since this is a directacting prescription, it will be most likely the cause of the abolition or substantial reduction of the Act on Electronic Signatures as well as other changes in the Czech legislation.
The article deals with both legal and factual consequences of this new regulation in the field of electronic signature and evaluates new definitions of the Regulation used in the context of existing legislation.
electronic identification; electronic signature; electronic mark; electronic seal; electronic time stamp; dynamic biometric signature; electronic legal transactions; trust services
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