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EU adopts action plan on e-signatures, e-ID

Posted Mar 10 2009 3:36pm

Brussels: With the aim of improving the legal and administrative environment to unlock business potential, the European Commission has adopted an Action Plan on e-signatures and e-identification to facilitate the provision of cross-border public services in the single market.

The action plan would offer a comprehensive and pragmatic framework to achieve interoperable e-signatures and e-identification, which will simplify access of enterprises and citizens to cross-border electronic public services, reports ePractice.

To achieve this objective, the Action Plan focuses on a number of practical, organisational and technical issues, complementing the existing legal framework.

The commission said that bringing public administrations online and enabling the cross-border communication of enterprises and individuals with them, favours entrepreneurship and facilitates the citizen's contact with public authorities.

The Action Plan would address major barriers to cross-border access to the electronic public services which are linked to the use of electronic identification and signatures.

It is aimed at tackling the main barrier for an electronic identification—lack of interoperability, either legal, technical or organisational.

The commission, in close collaboration with member states will monitor the implementation of the plan, aiming to ensure the coherence of the suggested measures, of the various legislative requirements at EU level and of the relevant operational projects.
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