2003/511/EC: Commission Decision of 14 July 2003 on the publication of reference numbers of generally recognised standards for electronic signature products in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2439)
Date: 2003-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: data protection, electronic signature, standardisation

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 July 2003

on the publication of reference numbers of generally recognised standards for electronic signature
products in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2003) 2439)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/511/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Commu-
nity framework for electronic signatures (1), and in particular
Article 3(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex II f and Annex III to Directive 1999/93/EC estab-
lish the requirements for secure electronic signature
products.

The task of drawing up the technical specifications
needed for the production and placing on the market of
products taking into account the current stage of tech-
nology, is carried out by organisations competent in the
standardisation area.

Standards

Telecommunications

CEN (European Committee for Standardisation) and ETSI
Institute)
(European
within EESSI (European Electronic Signature Standardisa-
tion Initiative) are offering an open, inclusive and flexible
European platform for consensus building in support of
the development of the Information Society in Europe.
They have developed standards for electronic signature
products (CWA-CEN workshop agreement and ETSI TS-
ETSI technical specification) on the basis of the require-
ments of the Annexes to Directive 1999/93/EC.

(4)

The measures provided for in this decision are in accor-
the ‘Electronic Signature
dance with the opinion of
Committee’,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Reference numbers of generally recognised standards for elec-
tronic signature products are laid down in the Annex.

Article 2

The Commission shall review the operation of this Decision
within two years from the date of its publication in the Official
the European Union and report to the Committee
Journal of
established under Article 9(1) of Directive 1999/93/EC.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 14 July 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 12.

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ANNEX

A. List of generally recognised standards for electronic signature products that Member States shall presume

are in compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex II f to Directive 1999/93/EC

— CWA 14167-1 (March 2003): security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates for electronic

signatures — Part 1: System Security Requirements

— CWA 14167-2 (March 2002): security requirements for trustworthy systems managing certificates for electronic

signatures — Part 2: cryptographic module for CSP signing operations — Protection Profile (MCSO-PP)

B. List of the generally recognised standards for electronic signature products that Member States shall

presume are in compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex III to Directive 1999/93/EC

— CWA 14169 (March 2002): secure signature-creation devices.