Qualified electronic signature: ECJ ruling of February 29.02.2024, XNUMX
A recent ECJ ruling clarifies the interpretation of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 23, 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/ 93/EC.
According to this judgment - within the framework of the respective national regulations for handwritten signatures and as long as the requirements of Article 3 No. 12 of this EU regulation are met - the courts of the member states undertake to assess the evidentiary value of a qualified electronic signature and the handwritten signature to equate.
