in force 2024-05-20 MODIFIED+368 −196§
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
A new paragraph 1a now states the presumption of compliance with paragraph 1, tying it to standards, specifications and procedures referred to in paragraph 2, whereas before this presumption was stated directly within paragraph 2 itself.
Paragraph 2 now requires the Commission to act by 21 May 2025 and to establish a list of reference standards and, where necessary, specifications and procedures for binding date and time to data and for establishing the accuracy of time sources, replacing the earlier wording that referred only to establishing reference numbers of standards for binding date and time to data and for accurate time sources without a deadline.
Cited: Art. 42, v2 · Art. 42, v1
text before / after
32014R0910 → 02014R0910-20240520
Article 42
Requirements for qualified electronic time stamps
1. A qualified electronic time stamp shall meet the following requirements:
(a) it binds the date and time to data in such a manner as to reasonably preclude the possibility of the data being changed undetectably;
(b) it is based on an accurate time source linked to Coordinated Universal Time; and
(c) it is signed using an advanced electronic signature or sealed with an advanced electronic seal of the qualified trust service provider, or by some equivalent method.
2. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for the binding of date and time to data and for accurate time sources. 1a. Compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be presumed where the binding of date and time to data and the accurate accuracy of the time source meets those standards. comply with the standards, specifications and procedures referred to in paragraph 2.
2. By 21 May 2025, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish a list of reference standards and, where necessary, establish specifications and procedures for the binding of date and time to data and for establishing the accuracy of time sources. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).