Signature Ordinance (Germany)

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Basic data
Title: Electronic signature regulation
Short title: Signature Ordinance
Abbreviation: SigV
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Issued on the basis of: § 24 SigG
Legal matter: Administrative law
References : 9020-12-1
Original version from: October 22, 1997
( BGBl. I p. 2498 )
Entry into force on: November 1, 1997
Last revision from: November 16, 2001
( BGBl. I p. 3074 )
Entry into force of the
new version on:
November 22, 2001
Expiry: July 29, 2017
( Art. 12 G of July 18, 2017 Federal Law Gazette I p. 2745, 2756 )
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Signature Ordinance ( Ordinance on Electronic Signature ; SigV ) supplemented the Signature Act with individual regulations on the requirements for certification service providers and the products and procedures to be used for the creation of certificates and signatures. It also specified the cost regulation in § 22 SigG . In Annex 1, it also made detailed specifications for checking products for qualified electronic signatures.

The regulation was revised on November 16, 2001. The authorization to issue ordinances can be found in § 24 SigG . The Signature Ordinance and its legal basis expired on July 29, 2017 ( Art. 12 Paragraph 1 No. 2 of the eIDAS Implementation Act). The legal basis for the following ordinances is § 20 of the Trust Services Act .

literature

  • Commentary on the Signature Act and the Signature Ordinance, in:
  • Kunstein, Florian: The electronic signature as a component of electronic administration - Analysis of the legal framework of electronic communication with special consideration of local government - Tenea-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-86504-123-X .

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