Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC

Article 25U.K.Legal effects of electronic signatures

1.An electronic signature shall not be denied legal effect and admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings solely on the grounds that it is in an electronic form or that it does not meet the requirements for qualified electronic signatures.

2.A qualified electronic signature shall have the equivalent legal effect of a handwritten signature.

3.A qualified electronic signature based on a qualified certificate issued in one Member State shall be recognised as a qualified electronic signature in all other Member States.