The Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC was a European Union
directive on the use of
electronic signature
An electronic signature, or e-signature, is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data. This type of signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as ...
s (e-signatures) in electronic contracts within the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
(EU).
It was repealed by the
eIDAS
The eIDAS Regulation (for "electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services") is an regulation (European Union), EU regulation with the stated purpose of governing "electronic identification and trust service provider, trust service ...
regulation on 1 July 2016.
Contents
The central provision of the directive is article 5, which requires that electronic signatures are regarded as equivalent to written signatures.
Related acts
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COM(2008) 798 final – Not published in the Official Journal
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COM(2006) 120 final – Not published in the Official Journal
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Official Journal L 175 , 15/07/2003 P. 0045 - 0046
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Official Journal L 289 , 16/11/2000 P. 0042 - 0043
Implementation
See also
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Electronic signature
An electronic signature, or e-signature, is data that is logically associated with other data and which is used by the signatory to sign the associated data. This type of signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature as long as ...
* United States
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN, , ) is a United States federal law, passed by the U.S. Congress to facilitate the use of electronic records and electronic signatures in interstate and foreign commerce. T ...
External links
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Docusign article on Directive 1999/93/EC
References
Electronic identification
European Union directives
European Union technology policy
1999 in law
1999 in the European Union
English contract law
Information technology in Europe
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