Dropbox Sign 電子署名国際適法性ガイド

As a member state of the European Union, Germany follows eIDAS, the legal framework that recognizes eSignatures as legally valid in the EU.

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eIDAS applied to Germany in 2016 and states that “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.” Following the eIDAS regulation, eSignatures are now legally valid in all EU member states.

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電子署名法

Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (the “eIDAS Regulation”)

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電子署名の適法性、証拠能力、法的強制力の有無

上記を有します。

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同法の概要

The eIDAS regulation defines three types of eSignature (SES, AES, QES) and is a new regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European Single Market. It establishes a legal framework for people, companies (in particular small to mid-size enterprises) and public administrations to safely access services and execute transactions digitally across all the EU member states.

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eIDAS entered into force on 17 September 2014 and applied from 1 July 2016. It repealed and replaced the Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC, a European Union directive on the use of eSignatures in electronic contracts within the EU.

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標準電子署名（SES）

標準電子署名（SES）とは、他の電子データ（ドキュメントなど）と論理的に結びついた電子データが存在し、そのデータが電子データの署名者によってドキュメントへの署名に使用されることを意味します。パスワード、PIN コード、スキャンした署名など、多くの電子ツールが SES と見なされます。

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高度電子署名（AES）

高度な電子署名（AES）では、署名が署名者に一意に結びつけられていること、および署名者を識別可能なことを確認する必要があります。AES は、署名者がその単独の管理化において、高い確信を持って使用できる電子署名作成データを使用して作成される必要があります。

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適格電子署名（QES）

A qualified electronic signature (QES) is a stricter form of AES and the only signature type given the same legal value as handwritten signatures. It is an advanced electronic signature with a qualified digital certificate that has been created by a qualified signature creation device (QSCD). The QSCD has to be issued by a qualified EU Trust Service Provider (TSP) on the European Union Trust List (EUTL.)

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Key Restrictions

The law does not exclude specific types of agreements. However, certain types of agreements such as wills, court documents, land titles, may still require written, paper communications.