EU regulatory register · eIDAS 2.0
Article 34Qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures
CELEX 32014R0910 · Read on 2026-08-26
Short answer
1. A qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures may only be provided by a qualified trust service provider that uses procedures and technologies capable of extending the trustworthiness of the qualified electronic signature beyond the technological validity period.
Verbatim from the article. Source: NovaCopilot · https://legal.exploreworldai.com/eu/rattsakter/eidas-910-2014/artikel-34 · Short answer as data · Official text
eIDAS, electronic identification and EU wallet in short
Every member state must offer an EU Digital Identity Wallet, certain companies must accept it, and a qualified e-signature equals a handwritten one.
- Must we accept the EU wallet?
- Is an e-signature equal to a handwritten one?
- What does Article 5f require?
Source: NovaCopilot
Official text
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1. A qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures may only be provided by a qualified trust service provider that uses procedures and technologies capable of extending the trustworthiness of the qualified electronic signature beyond the technological validity period.
1a. Compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be presumed where the arrangements for the qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures complies 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 qualified preservation service for qualified electronic signatures. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 48(2).
Follow-up questions
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Verifiable trust signals
- Source-linked answers and explicit evidence gaps
- Obligations, controls, risks and consequences
- Stable objects and verifiable checksums
- Rule-based objects, optional source-linked reasoning
- Model card, source status and audit