[FYI] 7015/99 ECO 107 CODEC 148

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Source: http://www.accurata.se/QC/documents/el_sig_engdir.rtf 

EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 25 March 1999 (15.04)  

THE COUNCIL (OR. f) 

     7015/99  

     LIMITE  

     ECO 107 

     CODEC 148 

REPORT 

from : Coreper
on : 24 March 1999
to : TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL 

     No. prev. doc.: 6229/99 ECO 65 CODEC 95
     No. Cion prop.: 9708/98 ECO 233 CODEC 355 

Subject: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of
the Council on a common framework for electronic signatures 

1. At its meeting on 27 November 1998 the Council instructed Coreper
to continue discussing the abovementioned proposal and to endeavour in
particular to find a solution to the key issue of the security of
electronic signatures, a major stumbling block to the conclusion of an
agreement on the proposal. 

2. At the end of a further stage of discussions Coreper succeeded in
finding a solution to the key issue which is acceptable to all
delegations. It also completed finalisation of the text of the
Directive as a whole, taking into account in particular the Opinion of
the European Parliament at first reading, from which it adopted many
of the suggested amendments. 

3. The draft Directive, which is set out in the Annex hereto, has
already been agreed by all delegations, although the Commission is
still upholding a reservation on one provision. () The text is being
submitted for the agreement of the Council so that subsequently it can
formally adopt a common position on the proposal.  

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                                            ANNEX 

                                             Draft 

Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common
framework for electronic signatures 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

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