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Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 32024R1183
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A new Article 24a establishes cross-border recognition among Member States for a range of qualified trust services, including qualified electronic signatures, seals, signature and seal creation devices, validation and preservation services, time stamps, website authentication certificates, electronic registered delivery services, electronic attestation of attributes, electronic archiving services, and electronic ledgers.
Each paragraph states that a qualified service or device issued, certified, or provided in one Member State is to be recognised as the corresponding qualified service or device in all other Member States.
Cited: Art. 24a, v2
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Article 24a Recognition of qualified trust services 1. Qualified electronic signatures based on a qualified certificate issued in one Member State and qualified electronic seals based on a qualified certificate issued in one Member State shall be recognised, respectively, as qualified electronic signatures and qualified electronic seals in all other Member States. 2. Qualified electronic signature creation devices and qualified electronic seal creation devices certified in one Member State shall be recognised, respectively, as qualified electronic signature creation devices and qualified electronic seal creation devices in all other Member States. 3. A qualified certificate for electronic signatures, a qualified certificate for electronic seals, a qualified trust service for the management of remote qualified electronic signature creation devices and a qualified trust service for the management of remote qualified electronic seal creation devices provided in one Member State shall be recognised, respectively, as a qualified certificate for electronic signatures, a qualified certificate for electronic seals, a qualified trust service for the management of remote qualified electronic signature creation devices and a qualified trust service for the management of remote qualified electronic seal creation devices in all other Member States. 4. A qualified validation service for qualified electronic signatures and a qualified validation service for qualified electronic seals provided in one Member State shall be recognised, respectively, as a qualified validation service for qualified electronic signatures and a qualified validation service for qualified electronic seals in all other Member States. 5. A qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures and a qualified preservation service for qualified electronic seals provided in one Member State shall be recognised, respectively, as a qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures and a qualified preservation service for qualified electronic seals in all other Member States. 6. A qualified electronic time stamp provided in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified electronic time stamp in all other Member States. 7. A qualified certificate for website authentication issued in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified certificate for website authentication in all other Member States. 8. A qualified electronic registered delivery service provided in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified electronic registered delivery service in all other Member States. 9. A qualified electronic attestation of attributes issued in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified electronic attestation of attributes in all other Member States. 10. A qualified electronic archiving service provided in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified electronic archiving service in all other Member States. 11. A qualified electronic ledger provided in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified electronic ledger in all other Member States.