1. orskningsministeriet 1 EESSI Open Seminar Electronic Signature Standardization: the national dimension - Paris 10-11 May 2000 Denmark

2. orskningsministeriet 2 Denmark- Bill on electronic signatures (1) Lov om elektroniske signaturer introduced in Parliament on 22 March 2000 expected to be adopted in June 2000 enters into force on 1st October 2000 soon available in english

3. orskningsministeriet 3 Denmark - Bill on electronic signatures (2) Need for further administrative rules on 1) Various security rules for CSP’s 2) Rules on system auditing 3) Rules on conformity assessments of secure electronic signature-creation-devices

4. orskningsministeriet 4 Denmark- Supervisory setup (1) ”Auditor/accountant model” for CSP’s - cf. Art 3 (3) Appointment of an independent accountant for the CSP Notification to the Telecoms Agency Filing of an auditor’s report once every year

5. orskningsministeriet 5 Denmark- Supervisory setup (2) The report must contain: a description of the CSP’s systems and organisation a statement from the CSP’s management that the CSP is complying with its legal obligations a similar statement from the independent auditor

6. orskningsministeriet 6 Denmark - supervisory setup (3) The Telecoms Agency is vested with different ”tools” in order to be able to react towards non- compliant CSP’s: order the CSP to provide further information and documentation order the CSP to elect a new auditor if the existing auditor is deemed to be unfit for the task

7. orskningsministeriet 7 Denmark - Supervisory setup (4) impose fines on a CSP that does not comply with the Telecoms Agency’s orders demand that a supplementary auditor’s report is made order that a non-compliant CSP refrains from using the term ”qualified certificates” NO ACCREDITATION SCHEME

8. orskningsministeriet 8 Denmark Contacts Mr. Claus JakobsenMr. Palle H. Sørensen Legal advisorConsultant Ministry of Research and IT Bredgade 43 1260 Copenhagen K Tel: + 45 33 92 99 11Tel: + 45 33 95 40 17 Fax: + 45 33 93 84 03Fax: + 3393 8012 cja@fsk.dkphs@fsk.dk