in force 2024-05-20 MODIFIED+149 −32§
Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 32024R1183
applies from: unknown (the text changed beyond its dates, so no date that moved can be read as the application date)
dates added to the text: 2025-05-21
Paragraph 6 now sets a deadline of 21 May 2025 for the Commission to act by means of implementing acts, whereas the earlier text set no such deadline.
The task itself is reworded from establishing reference numbers of standards to establishing a list of reference standards and, where necessary, specifications and procedures, and compliance is now tied to meeting those standards, specifications and procedures rather than just standards.
Cited: Art. 28, v2 · Art. 28, v1
text before / after
32014R0910 → 02014R0910-20240520
Article 28
Qualified certificates for electronic signatures
1. Qualified certificates for electronic signatures shall meet the requirements laid down in Annex I.
2. Qualified certificates for electronic signatures shall not be subject to any mandatory requirement exceeding the requirements laid down in Annex I.
3. Qualified certificates for electronic signatures may include non-mandatory additional specific attributes. Those attributes shall not affect the interoperability and recognition of qualified electronic signatures.
4. If a qualified certificate for electronic signatures has been revoked after initial activation, it shall lose its validity from the moment of its revocation, and its status shall not in any circumstances be reverted.
5. Subject to the following conditions, Member States may lay down national rules on temporary suspension of a qualified certificate for electronic signature:
(a) if a qualified certificate for electronic signature has been temporarily suspended that certificate shall lose its validity for the period of suspension;
(b) the period of suspension shall be clearly indicated in the certificate database and the suspension status shall be visible, during the period of suspension, from the service providing information on the status of the certificate.
6. The By 21 May 2025, the Commission may, shall, by means of implementing acts, establish a list of reference numbers of standards and, where necessary, establish specifications and procedures for qualified certificates for electronic signature. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex I shall be presumed where a qualified certificate for electronic signature meets complies with those standards. standards, specifications and procedures. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).