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When contracting online, it is inevitably necessary for the contracting parties to be able to identify themselves as well as each other. While Directive 1999/93/EC on a Community framework for electronic signatures («the eSignatures Directive») provides for the use and recognition of electronic signatures, it has long been considered incomplete, lacking a uniform application across the EU broader and falling short of boosting the use of online services.
In order to remedy this situation, Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parlia-ment and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (hereinafter «the eIDAS Regulation») was adopted. With the exceptions of a certain number of...
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