By Roland Bastin, Partner, Irina Hedea, Director and Ismaël Cisse, Manager at Deloitte Luxembourg
On 23 July 2014, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have adopted the regulation EU 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (the eIDAS regulation).(1) Repealing the 15-year-old European directive on a community framework for electronic signatures (Directive 1999/93/EC),(2) this new regulation aims at providing a common transnational foundation for secure electronic interaction between European citizens, businesses, and public authorities. Thus, by providing the building blocks for ensuring trust, convenience and security in the online environment, the eIDAS regulation represents a...
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