keyboard_tab EIDAS 2014/0910 EN

whereas specified:

definitions:

• electronic identification
• electronic identification means
• person identification data
• electronic identification scheme
• authentication
• relying party
• public sector body
• body governed by public law
• signatory
• electronic signature
• advanced electronic signature
• qualified electronic signature
• electronic signature creation data
• certificate for electronic signature
• qualified certificate for electronic signature
• trust service
• qualified trust service
• conformity assessment body
• trust service provider
• qualified trust service provider
• product
• electronic signature creation device
• qualified electronic signature creation device
• creator of a seal
• electronic seal
• advanced electronic seal
• qualified electronic seal
• electronic seal creation data
• certificate for electronic seal
• qualified certificate for electronic seal
• electronic seal creation device
• qualified electronic seal creation device
• electronic time stamp
• qualified electronic time stamp
• electronic document
• electronic registered delivery service
• qualified electronic registered delivery service
• certificate for website authentication
• qualified certificate for website authentication
• validation data
• validation

Article 8

Assurance levels of electronic_identification schemes

1.   An electronic_identification scheme notified pursuant to Article 9(1) shall specify assurance levels low, substantial and/or high for electronic_identification means issued under that scheme.

2.   The assurance levels low, substantial and high shall meet respectively the following criteria:

(a)

assurance level low shall refer to an electronic_identification means in the context of an electronic_identification scheme, which provides a limited degree of confidence in the claimed or asserted identity of a person, and is characterised with reference to technical specifications, standards and procedures related thereto, including technical controls, the purpose of which is to decrease the risk of misuse or alteration of the identity;

(b)

assurance level substantial shall refer to an electronic_identification means in the context of an electronic_identification scheme, which provides a substantial degree of confidence in the claimed or asserted identity of a person, and is characterised with reference to technical specifications, standards and procedures related thereto, including technical controls, the purpose of which is to decrease substantially the risk of misuse or alteration of the identity;

(c)

assurance level high shall refer to an electronic_identification means in the context of an electronic_identification scheme, which provides a higher degree of confidence in the claimed or asserted identity of a person than electronic_identification means with the assurance level substantial, and is characterised with reference to technical specifications, standards and procedures related thereto, including technical controls, the purpose of which is to prevent misuse or alteration of the identity.

3.   By 18 September 2015, taking into account relevant international standards and subject to paragraph 2, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set out minimum technical specifications, standards and procedures with reference to which assurance levels low, substantial and high are specified for electronic_identification means for the purposes of paragraph 1.

Those minimum technical specifications, standards and procedures shall be set out by reference to the reliability and quality of the following elements:

(a)	the procedure to prove and verify the identity of natural or legal persons applying for the issuance of electronic_identification means;

(b)	the procedure for the issuance of the requested electronic_identification means;

(c)	the authentication mechanism, through which the natural or legal person uses the electronic_identification means to confirm its identity to a relying_party;

(d)	the entity issuing the electronic_identification means;

(e)	any other body involved in the application for the issuance of the electronic_identification means; and

(f)	the technical and security specifications of the issued electronic_identification means.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).

Article 47

Exercise of the delegation

1.   The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2.   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 30(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from 17 September 2014.

3.   The delegation of power referred to in Article 30(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

4.   As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

5.   A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 30(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.