Translation of "Qualifizierte elektronische signatur" in English

In most European states the qualified electronic signature is legally admissible in legal documents and contracts.

Please note that a qualified electronic signature is required.

The qualified electronic signature replaces a doctor's handwritten signature.

The qualified electronic signature has essentially the same legal effect as the handwritten signature.

What is the Qualified Electronic Signature (QES)?

The qualified electronic signature is recognized in all Member States of the European Union

An entrepreneur receives a PDF invoice without a qualified electronic signature by email.

A qualified electronic signature is a type of seal for digital data.

The Signature Act first distinguishes between a simple, an advanced and a qualified electronic signature.

This secure electronic signature uses certified technology to guarantees that this invoice:

The terms “electronic signature” and “qualified electronic signature” are purely legal in nature.

Here the qualified electronic signature is an important instrument to grant authenticity.

A legally-valid electronic signature can only be made using one of the supported signature cards.

In addition, the chip can store electronic proof of identity and a qualified electronic signature.

In the future, the Medical Access Port will also allow qualified electronic signatures (QES).

However, there are many instances in which qualified electronic signatures are required and already in use:

The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) has developed, under the standardisation mandate M/460 given by the Commission, standards for qualified electronic signature and seals creation devices, where the electronic signature creation data or electronic seal creation data is held in an entirely but not necessarily exclusively user-managed environment.

Qualified certificates for electronic signature or for electronic seal and renewals thereof shall be published on the EUR-Lex website to allow the public to verify the qualified electronic signature or qualified electronic seal and the authenticity of the electronic edition of the Official Journal.

In addition, Article 5.1 states a legal presumption of equivalence between a qualified e-signature and a handwritten signature.

When a transaction requires a qualified electronic seal from a legal person, a qualified electronic signature from the authorised representative of the legal person should be equally acceptable.

For those tasks you need a specialized, qualified, electronic signature in order to communicate with the registration courts, so a layperson ist not even able to reach the authorities.

According to Article 7.3 of the General Conditions of Tender, for electronic bids, a qualified electronic signature (QES) is required.

For each type of activity, there are several types of electronic signature: a simple, rigid and qualified electronic signature (acting now, the law permits the use of only one technology, electronic signature, nor does it allow the use of electronic signatures for legal persons).

Bidders are allowed to use any qualified electronic signature that is based on a qualified certificate offered by a certification service provider accredited in the trusted list in accordance with Commission Implementing Decision 2013/662/EU of 14 October 2013 amending Decision 2009/767/EC as regards the establishment, maintenance and publication of trusted lists of certification service providers supervised/accredited by Member States.

The qualified electronic signature (QES), in combination with the video identification procedure, resolves this problem.

The citizen card contains a qualified electronic signature that makes it possible to sign forms or contracts which normally require a personal handwritten signature.

Such an association of the private key with the identity of the signer is merely required for those advanced signatures that are based on a qualified certificate, which is referred to as a qualified electronic signature in the following.

A “qualified electronic signature” is a signature that, in accordance with the legal provisions within a field of law (for example in Germany in accordance with the provisions stipulated under paragraph 2 (3) of the Signature Act), meet the requirements of the electronic form and is thus suitable for replacement of the written form that is legally prescribed for some transaction forms.