EU regulatory register · eIDAS 2.0
Article 45bLegal effects of electronic attestation of attributes
CELEX 32014R0910 · Read on 2026-08-26
Short answer
1. An electronic attestation of attributes shall not be denied legal effect or admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings on the sole ground that it is in electronic form or that it does not meet the requirements for qualified electronic attestations of attributes.
Verbatim from the article. Source: NovaCopilot · https://legal.exploreworldai.com/eu/rattsakter/eidas-910-2014/artikel-45b · 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. An electronic attestation of attributes shall not be denied legal effect or admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings on the sole ground that it is in electronic form or that it does not meet the requirements for qualified electronic attestations of attributes.
2. A qualified electronic attestation of attributes and attestations of attributes issued by, or on behalf of, a public sector body responsible for an authentic source shall have the same legal effect as lawfully issued attestations in paper form.
3. An attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source in one Member State shall be recognised as an attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source in all Member States.
Follow-up questions
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Verifiable trust signals
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- Obligations, controls, risks and consequences
- Stable objects and verifiable checksums
- Rule-based objects, optional source-linked reasoning
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