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Standardisation of electronic signatures

CORDIS RTD-NEWS/© European Communities, 1999.

Record Control Number: 13655

Date: 1999-09-20

Category: Tender

General Information:

A call aimed at awarding studies in response to the recommendations made by the European electronic signature standardisation initiative (EESSI) report is now open. These studies should help to clarify specific areas from a standardisation perspective, and identify how standardisation could further support the implementation of the Directive on electronic signatures in specific areas.

The studies will cover the following areas:

• Lot 1: identification and naming;
• Lot 2: certificate path validation;
• Lot 3: signature policy;
• Lot 4: scalable revocations and scalable suspensions;
• Lot 5: requirements for CSPs issuing attribute certificates;
• Lot 6: role of notaries;
• Lot 7: trusted archival services;
• Lot 8: use of biometrics in relation to electronic signatures.

The EESSI report is available on the Web, from:

http://www.ict.etsi.org/

Remarks:

The deadline for requesting tender documents is 14 October 1999. The deadline for submission of tenders is 22 October 1999.

Data Source Provider: Official Journal of the European Communities

Document Reference: OJ No S 182 of 18.9.1999, p. 34.

Subject Index Codes: Standards

Contact Person:

For further information, please contact:

European Commission
DG III - Industry
Unit B.3 - Industrial Aspects of Electronic Commerce
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax +32-2-2969500

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