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DIRECTIVE 1999/93/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL (repealed)Show full title

DIRECTIVE 1999/93/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures (repealed)

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ANNEX IIIU.K.Requirements for secure signature-creation devices

1.Secure signature-creation devices must, by appropriate technical and procedural means, ensure at the least that:U.K.

(a)

the signature-creation-data used for signature generation can practically occur only once, and that their secrecy is reasonably assured;

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the signature-creation-data used for signature generation cannot, with reasonable assurance, be derived and the signature is protected against forgery using currently available technology;

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the signature-creation-data used for signature generation can be reliably protected by the legitimate signatory against the use of others.

2.Secure signature-creation devices must not alter the data to be signed or prevent such data from being presented to the signatory prior to the signature process.U.K.

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