eIDAS Regulation
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Table of Contents
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
Recitals (77)
Annexes
Recital 74
(74) To ensure legal certainty for market operators already using qualified certificates issued to natural persons in compliance with Directive 1999/93/EC, it is necessary to provide for a sufficient period of time for transitional purposes. Similarly, transitional measures should be established for secure signature creation devices, the conformity of which has been determined in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC, as well as for certification service providers issuing qualified certificates before 1 July 2016. Finally, it is also necessary to provide the Commission with the means to adopt the implementing acts and delegated acts before that date.