Electronic Transactions and Trust Services Law · Federal Decree-Law 46 of 2021
Article 17
Chapter Three: Service Provider Licensing > Trust Services and Qualified Trust Services
English translation
Trust Services and Qualified Trust Services shall be determined according to the following:
1. Trust Services, including the following: a. Creating an Electronic Signature and a Reliable Electronic Signature. b. Issuing an Authentication Certificate for the Reliable Electronic Signature. c. Creating an Electronic Seal and a Reliable Electronic Seal. d. Issuing an Authentication Certificate for the Reliable Electronic Seal. e. Issuing an Authentication Certificate for the website.
2. Qualified Trust Services, including the following: a. Qualified Electronic Signature creation services, including the following:
1) Issuing an Authentication Certificate for the Qualified Electronic Signature.
2) Issuing the Electronic Signature Device.
3) Managing the Qualified Electronic Signature Device remotely.
4) Storing data of the Qualified Electronic Signature.
5) Validating the Qualified Electronic Signature. b. Qualified Electronic Seal creation services, including the following:
1) Issuing an Authentication Certificate for the Qualified Electronic Seal.
2) Issuing the Qualified Electronic Seal Device.
3) Managing the Qualified Electronic Seal Device remotely.
4) Storing data of the Qualified Electronic Seal.
5) Validating the Qualified Electronic Seal. c. Qualified Electronic Time Stamp creation service. d. Qualified Electronic Delivery Service.
Official translation, as published by the portal.
Official Arabic text
خدمات الثقة وخدمات الثقة المعتمدة تحدد خدمات الثقة وخدمات الثقة المعتمدة وفقاً لما يأتي:
.1 خدمات الثقة، وتشمل ما يأتي: أ. إنشاء التوقيع الإلكتروني والتوقيع الإلكتروني الموثوق. ب. إصدار شهادة المصادقة للتوقيع الالكتروني الموثوق. ج. إنشاء الختم الإلكتروني والختم الإلكتروني الموثوق. د. إصدار شهادة المصادقة للختم الإلكتروني الموثوق. ه. إصدار شهادة المصادقة للموقع الإلكتروني.
.2 خدمات الثقة المعتمدة، وتشمل ما يأتي: أ. خدمات إنشاء التوقيع الإلكتروني المعتمد، وتشمل ما يأتي: 1( إصدار شهادة المصادقة للتوقيع الإلكتروني المعتمد. 2( إصدار أداة التوقيع الإلكتروني. 3( إدارة أداة التوقيع الإلكتروني المعتمد عن بعد. 4( حفظ بيانات للتوقيع الإلكتروني المعتمد. 5( إثبات صحة التوقيع الإلكتروني المعتمد. ب. خدمات إنشاء الختم الإلكتروني المعتمد، وتشمل ما يأتي: 1( إصدار شهادة المصادقة للختم الإلكتروني المعتمد. 2( إصدار أداة الختم الإلكتروني المعتمد. 3( إدارة أداة الختم الإلكتروني المعتمد عن بعد. 4( حفظ بيانات للختم الإلكتروني المعتمد. 5( إثبات صحة الختم الإلكتروني المعتمد. ج. خدمة إنشاء ختم الوقت الإلكتروني المعتمد. د. خدمة التسليم الإلكتروني المعتمد.
What it means when you sign
This article lists the kinds of trust services and qualified trust services. It is a classification article and does not set duties for a particular party.
Trust services include creating an electronic signature and a reliable electronic signature, issuing an authentication certificate for a reliable electronic signature, creating an electronic seal and a reliable electronic seal, issuing an authentication certificate for a reliable electronic seal, and issuing an authentication certificate for a website.
Qualified trust services include qualified electronic signature creation services, which cover issuing the certificate and the signature device, managing the device remotely, storing the signature data and validating the signature. They also include the matching qualified electronic seal services, a qualified electronic time stamp creation service and a qualified electronic delivery service.
When you are about to sign a contract that relies on electronic signatures, seals, time stamps or electronic delivery, this article means the contract's wording can be checked against these categories. A clause that requires a qualified or reliable signature or an electronic delivery service refers to services of the types listed here.
Not yet cited in a Fahm report; shown because it sits in the same chapter as one that is.
Related articles
- Article 18Cited in Fahm reportsThis article sets the legal effect of electronic documents, signatures, seals and trust services.
- Article 19This article sets the conditions for an electronic signature or electronic seal to be considered reliable.
- Article 7This article deals with the legal requirement that something be in writing.
- Article 8Cited in Fahm reportsThis article deals with the legal requirement of a signature or seal.
- Article 9This article deals with the legal requirement that a document be submitted or kept in its original form.
- Article 10Cited in Fahm reportsThis article confirms that contracts can be made electronically.