eIDAS Regulation
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Chapter I – General provisions
Chapter II – Electronic identification
Chapter III – Trust services
Chapter IV – Electronic documents
Chapter V – Delegations of power and implementing provisions
Chapter VI – Final provisions
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Recital 57
(57) To ensure legal certainty as regards the validity of the signature, it is essential to specify the components of a qualified electronic signature, which should be assessed by the relying party carrying out the validation. Moreover, specifying the requirements for qualified trust service providers that can provide a qualified validation service to relying parties unwilling or unable to carry out the validation of qualified electronic signatures themselves, should stimulate the private and public sector to invest in such services. Both elements should make qualified electronic signature validation easy and convenient for all parties at Union level.