Elektronisch identificatie ontwerpverordening
Deze verordening is door de Commissie aangenomen op 4 juni 2012 en zal door de co-decisieprocedure worden geleid.
Both elements of the Regulation – e-ID and eSignatures - will create a predictable regulatory environment to enable secure and seamless electronic interactions between businesses, citizens and public authorities. This will increase the effectiveness of public and private online services, eBusiness and electronic commerce in the EU.
The approach to eSignatures, which builds on the current eSignature Directive (Directive 1999/93/EC), has brought a degree of harmonisation to practices across Europe. All countries in the EU have legal frameworks for eSignatures, however these diverge and make it de facto impossible to conduct cross border electronic transactions. The same holds true for trust services like time stamping, electronic seals and delivery, and website authentication, which lack European interoperability. Therefore, this Regulation proposes common rules and practices for these services.
For e-ID the Regulation provides for the legal certainty by the mutual recognition and acceptance principle in which Member States accept national e-IDs which have been officially notified to the Commission. It is not obligatory for Member States to register their national eIDs, but the Commission hopes that many Member States will chose to do this.
The Commission and EU Member States have proven that cross border mutual recognition of eIdentification works, through the STORK project involving 17 Member States.
Today's draft Regulation is the last of 12 key actions proposed in the Single Market Act (see IP/11/469). These proposals are also flagged in the eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 (see IP/10/1718) and the EU's Roadmap to Stability and Growth (see IP/11/1180); and Digital Agenda for Europe (see IP/10/581, MEMO/10/199 and MEMO/10/200).
