Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

ANNEX III U.K. REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED CERTIFICATES FOR ELECTRONIC SEALS

Qualified certificates for electronic seals shall contain:

(a)

an indication, at least in a form suitable for automated processing, that the certificate has been issued as a qualified certificate for electronic seal;

(b)

a set of data unambiguously representing the qualified trust service provider issuing the qualified certificates including at least F1 ...:

• 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;

(c)

at least the name of the creator of the seal and, where applicable, registration number as stated in the official records;

(d)

electronic seal validation data, which corresponds to the electronic seal creation data;

(e)

details of the beginning and end of the certificate’s period of validity;

(f)

the certificate identity code, which must be unique for the qualified trust service provider;

(g)

the advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal of the issuing qualified trust service provider;

(h)

the location where the certificate supporting the advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal referred to in point (g) is available free of charge;

(i)

the location of the services that can be used to enquire as to the validity status of the qualified certificate;

(j)

where the electronic seal creation data related to the electronic seal validation data is located in a qualified electronic seal creation device, an appropriate indication of this, at least in a form suitable for automated processing.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Annex 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/89), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 43; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)