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1.Conformity of qualified electronic signature creation devices with the requirements laid down in Annex II shall be certified by appropriate public or private bodies designated by [F1a person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of State (“the appointed person”)].
[F22.The appointed person must notify the supervisory body of the name and address of any body the person designates under paragraph 1.
2A.The supervisory body must maintain a list of the names and addresses of the designated bodies notified to it under paragraph 2.]
3.The certification referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on one of the following:
(a)a security evaluation process [F3that complies with the Implementing Decision]; or
(b)a process other than the process referred to in point (a), provided that it uses comparable security levels and provided that the public or private body referred to in paragraph 1 notifies that process to the [F4supervisory body]. That process may be used only in the absence of standards referred to in point (a) or when a security evaluation process referred to in point (a) is ongoing.
[F5In this paragraph “the Implementing Decision” means Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/650 laying down standards for the security assessment of qualified signature and seal creation devices.]
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 30(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/89), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 25(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Art. 30(2)(2A) substituted for Art. 30(2) (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/89), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 25(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 30(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/89), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 25(4)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 30(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/89), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 25(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)