EuropeanUnion

emSigner Supports Following Use Cases for Standard Electronic Signatures (SES)

• HR documents, such as employment contracts, benefits paperwork and other new employee onboarding processes
• Commercial agreements between corporate entities, including NDAs, procurement documents, sales agreements
• Consumer agreements, including new retail account opening documents
• Real estate documents, including lease agreements for residential and commercial real estate not lasting for a period of more than 20 years

emSigner Works With the Local Trust Service Providers and Supports Following Use Cases for Qualified Electronic Signature (QES)

• When a signature is required by law, but the law does not specify the type of signature required, it can only be signed with an advanced electronic signature as defined by ECTA, which is, in practice, equivalent ta QES in Europe.

Use Cases That Are Not Supported or Typically Not Appropriate for Electronic Signatures or Digital Transaction Management Using emSigner

Following are the use cases that are specifically not supported for digital or electronic processes or that includes requirements wherein wet ink or handwritten signatures or formal notarization is required.

• Contracts for transfer or sale of immovable property, including sectional titles and mortgage bonds (excluded from ECTA)
• All handwritten
  • Wills and codicils (excluded from ECTA)
  • Wills and codicils (excluded from ECTA)
  • Bills of exchange (e.g., cheques) (excluded from ECTA)
  • License of intellectual property, IP transfers and employee invention agreements (Patents Act, 1978, the Design Act, 1993, the Trade Marks Act, 1993 and the Copyright Act 1978)

Regulatory Bodies & Certifying Authorities:

“Digital Signature” means a transformation of a message using an asymmetric cryptosystem such that a person having the initial message and the signer’s public key can accurately determine
License of intellectual property, IP transfers and employee invention agreements (Patents Act, 1978, the Design Act, 1993, the Trade Marks Act, 1993 and the Copyright Act 1978)
Bills of exchange (e.g., cheques) (excluded from ECTA)