EU eIDAS-Regulation

Alessio Zaccaria was Full Professor of Civil Law at the University of Verona. Martin Schmidt-Kessel is Director of the Research Center for Consumer Law and Professor for German and European Consumer Law, Private Law and Comparative Law, University of Bayreuth.Reiner Schulze is Professor of German and European Civil Law at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Muenster and Director of the Centre of European Private Law.Alberto M Gambino is Full Professor at European University of Rome and President of the Italian Academy of the Internet Code.

• PART 1INTRODUCTIONA. General Remarks on Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (Zaccaria) B. The Legal Context of Regulation (EU) Nr. 910/2014 – The EU Response to Digitalisation (Schulze) C. The choices of the eIDAS Regulation (Gambino) D. Documentary formalism for the digital age – building trust (Schmidt-Kessel) PART 2COMMENTARYRegulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council – Recitals Chapter I. General provisions Article 1. Subject matterArticle 2. ScopeArticle 3. DefinitionsArticle 4. Internal market principleArticle 5. Data processing and protection Chapter II. Electronic identification Article 6. Mutual recognitionArticle 7. Eligibility for notification of electronic identification schemes Article 8. Assurance levels of electronic identification schemesArticle 9. Notification Article 10. Security BreachArticle 11. Liability Article 12. Cooperation and interoperabilityChapter III. Trust servicesSection 1. General provisionsArticle 13. Liability and burden of proof Article 14. International aspects Article 15. Accessibility for persons with disabilities Article 16. Assurance levels of electronic identification schemesSection 2. Supervision Article 17. Supervisory body Article 18. Mutual assistanceArticle 19. Security requirements applicable to trust service providers Section 3. Qualified trust services Article 20. Supervision of qualified trust service providers Article 21. Initiation of a qualified trust service Article 22. Trusted listsArticle 23. EU trust mark for qualified trust services Article 24. Requirements for qualified trust service providersSection 4. Electronic signaturesArticle 25. Legal effects of electronic signaturesArticle 26. Requirements for advanced electronic signaturesArticle 27. Electronic signatures in public services Article 28. Qualified certificates for electronic signatures Article 29. Requirements for Qualified Electronic Signature Creation DevicesArticle 30. Certification of qualified electronic signature creation devices Article 31. Publication of a list of certified qualified electronic signature creation devices Article 32. Requirements for the validation of qualified electronic signaturesArticle 33. Qualified validation service for qualified electronic signatures Article 34. Qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signaturesSection 5. Electronic seals Article 35. Legal effects of electronic seals Article 36. Requirements for advanced electronic sealsArticle 37. Electronic seals in public services Article 38. Qualified certificates for electronic seals Article 39. Qualified electronic seal creation devicesArticle 40. Validation and preservation of qualified electronic sealsSection 6. Electronic time stampsArticle 41. Legal effect of electronic time stampsArticle 42. Requirements for qualified electronic time stamps Section 7. Electronic registered delivery services Article 43. Legal effect of an electronic registered delivery service Article 44. Requirements for qualified electronic registered delivery servicesSection 8. Website authentication Article 45. Requirements for qualified certificates for website authentication Chapter IV. Electronic documentsArticle 46. Legal effects of electronic documents Chapter V. Delegations of power and implementing provisions Article 47. Exercise of the delegation Article 48. Committee procedureChapter VI. Final provisions Article 49. Review Article 50. Repeal Article 51. Transitional measuresArticle 52. Entry into force