Press Release: Council and European Parliament agree on electronic identification rules

On 3 March 2014, the member states' permanent representatives endorsed the compromise reached between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament concerning a regulation which lays down conditions for mutual recognition of electronic identification; sets rules for trust services, in particular for electronic transactions; and creates a legal framework for electronic signatures, seals and time stamps, electronic documents as well as electronic registered delivery services and certificate services for website authentication.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/151: Commission welcomes political agreement on new EU regulation for electronic ID and trust services http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-151_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-electronic-identification-and-trust-services-for-electronic-transactions-in-the-internal-market/

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