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Estonian digital paw print in Europe

In December 2000, the Digital Signatures Act entered into force in Estonia. In less than two years, the first contract was concluded by using digital signature and soon electronic identification and digital signatures became part of daily life of Estonian people. When visiting other countries, we allowed ourselves an occasional smirk when looking how natives scanned printed and hand-signed documents into pdf files.

eIDAS regulation, officially referred to as “Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market ” entered into force on July 1, 2016. Pursuant to the Regulation, public sector bodies and private entities providing public services must recognise the electronic signatures of the citizens of all EU Member States equivalent to electronic signatures used in their country. Other entrepreneurs and private persons may, but do not have to recognise electronic signatures.

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