<li>Any entity registerable at the trade office is accepted.
<li>Any entity which has a registration extract from the trade office is accepted.
</li>
</li>
</ol>
</ol>
<h3>
<h3>
3.2 Domain Registries
3.2 Domain Registrars
</h3>
</h3>
<p>
<p>
Every European country has a Domain Registry for the ccTLD country code
Every European country has a Domain Registrar for the ccTLD country code
under which a company domain can be registrated with. Domain
under which a company domain may have a domain registration. Domain
registration of a organisation domain is checked with national Domain
registration of a organisation domain is checked with national Domain
Registry via whois.</p>
Registry via whois and other means.</p>
<p>A table with an overview of different countries and their country top domain registrars is defined in Appendix III.</p>
<h3>
<h3>
3.2 Registry Identifiers
3.2 Registry Identifiers
</h3>
</h3>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number obtained from the Trade Office Registrar.
<li>Trade Office Registration Identifier, a unique registration number obtained from the Trade Office Registry.
</li>
</li>
</ol>
</ol>
<h3>
<h3>
@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ Registry via whois.</p>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Each person listed in an application must be individually assured and referenced by a confirmed email.
<li>Each person listed in an application must be individually assured and referenced by a confirmed email.
</li>
</li>
<li>All entities must be verified by a office trade registrar search.
<li>All entities must be verified by a office trade registry search.
</li>
</li>
<li>Partnership
<li>Partnership
applicants must additionally be verified via an Extract as a current
applicants must additionally be verified via an Extract as a current
@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ individual member and should be a managing partner. </li>
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<olstyle="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Officeholder
<li>Officeholder
Applicants (directors or preferably secretary) must be verified in an
Applicants (directors or preferably secretary) must be verified in an
"Extract" (obtained from the Trade Office Registrar by the OA where
"Extract" (obtained from the Trade Office Registry by the OA where
fees are reclaimable from the applicant). </li>
fees are reclaimable from the applicant). </li>
<li>Any other Applicant must prove that they are duly
<li>Any other Applicant must prove that they are duly
authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation
authorised to sign on behalf of the entity (for example via delegation
@ -186,69 +185,366 @@ by the OA Officer. </li>
</ol>
</ol>
<p>
<p>
</p><h1>Appendix I</h1>
</p><h1>Appendix I</h1>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registrars for EU countries</h2>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registries for EU countries</h2>
<p>
<p>
The green dot <fontcolor="green"size="+2">•</font> denotes an accepted registrar. The orange dot<fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font> denotes a registrar being accepted. The red dot <fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font> denotes a registrar awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
The green dot <fontcolor="green"size="+2">•</font> denotes an accepted registry. The orange dot<fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font> denotes a registry being accepted. The red dot <fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font> denotes a registry awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td>International<br>Chambre de Commerce</td><td>CCI</td><td><atitle="International Chambre de Commerce"href="http://www.iccwbo.be">www.iccwbo.be</a></td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td>NGO</td><td><atitle="Central Register of non-governmental Legal Entities Sector"href="http://www.mjeli.government.bg/ngo/Default.aspx?cc=en&">www.mjeli.government.bg</a></td><td><atitle="registery agency"href="http://www.registryagency.bg/bg/">BG search</a></td></tr>
<td>Bundesministerium<br>f&umml;r Justiz</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td><td>Dept of Registrar<br>of companies</td><td>DRC</td><td><atitle="Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver"href="http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drcor/drcor.nsf/aboutus_en/aboutus_en?OpenDocument">www.mcit.gov.cy</a></td><td><atitle="company search Cyprus"href="http://www.drcor.mcit.gov.cy/portal/page/portal/Eforos/dttSearch_en">CY search</a></td></tr>
<td></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Finance</td><td>ARES</td><td><atitle="Register of Trades and Register of Economic Entites"href="http://wwwinfo.mfcr.cz/ares/">wwwinfo.mfcr.cz</a></td><td><atitle="SZ"company=""search=""href="http://wwwinfo.mfcr.cz/ares/ares_scp.html.cz">CZ search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td>Central Business Register</td><td>VIRK</td><td><atitle="Det centrale virksomhedsregister"href="http://cvr.dk/Site/Forms/CMS/DisplayPage.aspx?pageid=0">virk.dk</a></td><td><atitle="DK search"href="http://cvr.dk/site/forms/businessresearch/research.aspx">DK search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="green"size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td>Yritys-Ja<br>Yhteisötietojärjestelmä</td><td>BIS</td><td><atitle="Finnish Business Information System"href="http://www.ytj.fi/english/">www.ytj.fi</a></td><td><atitle="BIS-search"href="http://www.ytj.fi/english/yrityshaku.aspx?path=1704;1736;2052&kielikoodi=3">BIS search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>France</i>:</td><td>Chambre de Commerce<br>et d'industrie</td><td>CCI</td><td><atitle="Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie"href="http://www.cci.fr">www.cci.fr</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="http://www.cii.fr/do_recherche_libre?search=">CCI search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td>Handelsregister Portal</td><td></td><td><atitle="Gemeinsames Registerportal der Länder"href="http://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/welcome.do">www.handelsregister.de</a></td><td><atitle="Normale Suche"href="http://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/mask.do;jsessionid=0EAD204EBE7A43A2C1AE8A76CA6B0FA6.tc03n04?Typ=n">DE search</a></td></tr>
<td>International<br>Chambre de Commerce</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td>Athens Chamber of<br>Commerce and Industry</td><td>ACCI</td><td><atitle="Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry"href="http://www.acci.gr/en_index2.htm">www.acci.gr</a></td><td><atitle="business search"href="http://jobs.acci.gr/bs/eng/search.asp">ACCI search</a></td></tr>
<td>CCI</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td></td><td><atitle="Commercial Register"href="http://www.im.hu/?katid=2&id=53&mi=2">www.im.hu</a></td><td></td></tr>
<td><atitle="International Chambre de Commerce"href="http://www.iccwbo.be">www.iccwbo.be</a></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td>InfoCamere</td><td></td><td><atitle="Italian Chamber of Commerce"href="http://web.telemaco.infocamere.it/">webtelemaco.infocamere.it</a></td><td><atitle="Infocamere Assistenza"href="http://assistenza.infocamere.it/">IT search</a></td></tr>
</tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td>Lursoft</td><td></td><td><atitle="Company Register for Latvian"href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=138&v=lv&v=en">www.lursoft.lv</a></td><td><atitle="database of all companies registered"href="http://www.lursoft.lv/?a=16&v=en">Lursoft search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td>Juridiniu Asmenu Registras</td><td></td><td><atitle="Commercial Register by Ministry of Justice"href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/index_en.php">www.registrucentras.lt</a></td><td><atitle="search of legal entities"href="http://www.registrucentras.lt/jar_p_en/">LT search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td>Registry of Companies</td><td>RNFS</td><td><atitle="Register of Corporations and Traders"href="http://registry.mfsa.com.mt/">registry.mfsa.com.mt</a></td><td><atitle="Name check"href="http://www.mfsa.com.mt/MFSAWebServices/">MT search</a></td></tr>
<td>Coface</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="green"size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td>Kamer van Koophandel</td><td>KvK</td><td><atitle="Kamer van Koophyandel"href="http://www.kvk.nl/">www.kvk.nl</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="http://www.kvk.nl/handelsregister/zoekenframeset.asp?url=https://server.db.kvk.nl/wwwsrvu/html/direct.htm">KvK search</a></td></tr>
<td>CCI</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Poland</i>:</td><td>Ministry of Justice</td><td>CORS</td><td><atitle="No Company Register in Place"href="http://opp.ms.gov.pl/">opp.ms.gov.pl</a></td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td>ReCom<br>Min. of Justice</td><td>ReCom</td><td><atitle="National Trade Register Office"href="http://recom.onrc.ro/indexe.htm">recom.onrc.ro</a></td><td><atitle="free search via guest_e/guest_e"href="https://recom5-ssl.onrc.ro/cgi-bin/recom.cgi">HU search</a></td></tr>
</tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td>Obchodný register</td><td>ORSR</td><td><atitle="Min of Justice Company register"href="http://www.orsr.sk/default.asp?lan=en">www.orsr.sk</a></td><td><atitle="Company register search"href="http://www.orsr.sk/search_subjekt.asp?lan=en">SK search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td>Register Podjetij</td><td>GZS</td><td><atitle="Slovenian Commercial Register of Min of Commerce and Industry"href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/">www.gzs.si</a></td><td><atitle="Search company by name"href="http://www.gzs.si/register%5Feng/isk_1kr.asp">SI search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="green"size="+1">•</font></td><td><i></i></td><td>Bolagsverket</td><td></td><td><atitle="Bolasverket Regsitry of Ministry of Commerce"href="http://www.bolagsverket.se/">www.bolagsverket.se</a></td><td><atitle="Company Search"href="https://snr4.bolagsverket.se/snrgate/flik.do?flik=sok">SE search</a></td></tr>
<td><atitle="Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver"href="http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drcor/drcor.nsf/aboutus_en/aboutus_en?OpenDocument">www.mcit.gov.cy</a></td>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registrars for other European countries</h2>
<h2>Table of accepted Trade Office Registries for other European countries</h2>
<p>
<p>
The green dot <fontcolor="green"size="+2">•</font> denotes an accepted registrar. The orange <fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font> denotes a registrar being accepted. The red dot <fontsie="+2"color="red">•</font> denotes a registrar awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
The green dot <fontcolor="green"size="+2">•</font> denotes an accepted registry. The orange <fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font> denotes a registry being accepted. The red dot <fontsie="+2"color="red">•</font> denotes a registry awaiting feedback from that country to be accepted for company registration extracts.
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Andorra</i>:</td><td>Oficina de Marques</td><td>OMPA</td><td><atitle="General Registry for Trade and Commerce"href="http://www.ompa.ad/indexang.html">www.ompa.ad</a></td><td><atitle="Trade Name search"href="http://www.ompa.ad/angles/comerc/cerca.htm">AD search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Bosinia &<br>Herzegovina</i>:</td><td>Gosodarska komora Federacije<br>Bosne i Hercegovine</td><td></td><td><atitle="Sate and private corporations and cooperatives"href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/">www.kfbih.com</a></td><td><atitle="entity search"href="http://www.kfbih.com/eng/companyreg.htm">BH search</a></td></tr>
<td><i>Andorra</i>:</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Croatia</i>:</td><td>Registar Poslovnih Subjekata</td><td>BIZNET</td><td><atitle="Register of business entities in Republic of Croatia"href="http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/extlogon?lang=en_GB">www1.biznet.hr</a></td><td><atitle="search"href="http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/language?lang=en_GB">CR search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Gibraltar</i>:</td><td>Companies House</td><td></td><td><atitle="Gibraltar Finance Centre"href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/">www.companieshouse.gi</a></td><td><atitle="service is not free"href="http://www.companieshouse.gi/namesearchauth.html">non free service</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td></td><td><i></i></td><td>Nøkkelopplysninger<br>fra Enhetsregisteret</td><td></td><td><atitle="Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret"href="http://w2.brreg.no/enhet/sok/">w2.brreg.no</a></td><td></td></tr>
<td><atitle="General Registry for Trade and Commerce"href="http://www.ompa.ad/indexang.html">www.ompa.ad</a></td>
<td><atitle="Trade Name search"href="http://www.ompa.ad/angles/comerc/cerca.htm">AD search</a></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td><td>Central Business<br>Names Index portal</td><td>Zefix</td><td><atitle="Registry portal by Federal Office of Justice"href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/">www.zefix.admin.ch</a></td><td><atitle="search"href="http://www.zefix.admin.ch/zfx-cgi/hrform.cgi/hraPage?alle_eintr=on&pers_sort=original&pers_num=0&language=4&col_width=366&amt=007">CH search portal</a></td></tr>
Not part of CAcert Organisation Assurance Program sub-policy definition</h1>
<p>The provided information in this part is for reference information only.</p>
<h2>National acts on digital signatures</h2>
<h2>National acts on digital signatures</h2>
<p>
<p>
<i>Comment</i>:
<i>Comment</i>:
@ -259,74 +555,342 @@ This is the case for a digital certificate that can be checked.
<p>
<p>
Digital Signatures may be accepted under implementation of EU European Directive 99/93/EG and EU national act:
Digital Signatures may be accepted under implementation of EU European Directive 99/93/EG and EU national act:
</p><table>
</p><table>
<tbody><trvalign="top"><td><i>Austria</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.a-sit.at/signatur/rechtsrahmen/SigG_incl_Novelle2000.pdf">Signature Law 2000</a></td></tr>
<tbody><trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://mineco.fgov.be/information_society/e-signatures/law_e_signature_002.pdf">Signature Law 9-7-2001 F.2001-2699</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Czech Republic</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.micr.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=1542">Act on Electronic Signatures, 227/2000</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td><ahref="https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=6193">Lov om elektroniske signaturer</a></td></tr>
<td><i>Belgium</i>:</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td><ahref="https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=694375">Digital Signature Law, 2000</a> (in Estonian).</td></tr>
<td><ahref="http://mineco.fgov.be/information_society/e-signatures/law_e_signature_002.pdf">Signature Law 9-7-2001 F.2001-2699</a></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><ahref="http://www.legaltext.ee/et/andmebaas/paraframe.asp?loc=text&lk=et&sk=en&dok=X30081K4.htm&query=digitaalallkirja&tyyp=X&ptyyp=RT&pg=1&fr=no">Digital Signatures Act (consolidated text Dec 2003)</a></td></tr>
</tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Finland</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2003/20030014">Laki sähköisistä allekirjoituksista, 2003</a> (in Finnish)</td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Germany</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://bundesrecht.juris.de/sigg_2001/index.html">German Signature Law of 2001, changed in 2005</a></td></tr>
<td></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.ekt.gr/content/img/product/14911/pd150_2001.pdf">Presidential Decree 150/2001</a> (in Greek)</td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=204802">Law on electronic signature, 2002</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://docs.justice.gov.mt/lom/legislation/english/leg/vol_13/chapt426.pdf">Maltese Electronic Commerce Act 2001, last amended 2005</a></td></tr>
<td><ahref="http://www.micr.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=1542">Act on Electronic Signatures, 227/2000</a></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.e-overheid.nl/thema/juridisch/handtekeningen/handtekeningen.html">Wet Elektronische Handtekeningen (WET) of 21st of May 2003</a> (in Dutch)</td></tr>
</tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Norway</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20010615-081.html">Electronic Signature Act, 2001</a> (in Norwegian).</td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><ahref="http://www.legi-internet.ro/en/e-sign.htm">Law on the Electronic Signature, 455/2001</a> (unofficial translation) </td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www2.gov.si/zak/Zak_vel.nsf/4c1d8c547755fffac1256616002dd5e1/c12563a400338836c12568fd00505349?OpenDocument">Electronic Business and Electronic Signature Act</a> (in Slovene)</td></tr>
<td><ahref="https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=694375">Digital Signature Law, 2000</a> (in Estonian).</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.aeat.es/descarga/ley59_2003.pdf">Ley 59/2003 , de 19 de diciembre, de firma electrónica</a> (in Spanish)</td></tr>
</tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=2000:832">Qualified Electronic Signatures Act (SFS 2000:832)</a>) (in Swedish)</td></tr>
<trvalign="top">
<trvalign="top"><td><i></i></td><td><ahref="http://www.pts.se/Archive/Documents/SE/engelsk%20oversattning%20av%20lag%20elektroniska%20signaturer.pdf">SFS 2000:832 in English translation</a></td></tr>
<td><i></i></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td><td><ahref="http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c943_03.html">Federal Law on Certification Services Concerning the Electronic Signature, 2003</a></td></tr>
<td><ahref="http://www.legaltext.ee/et/andmebaas/paraframe.asp?loc=text&lk=et&sk=en&dok=X30081K4.htm&query=digitaalallkirja&tyyp=X&ptyyp=RT&pg=1&fr=no">Digital Signatures Act (consolidated text Dec 2003)</a></td>
<td><ahref="http://www.cnipa.gov.it/site/_files/Codice%20Amministrazione%20Digitale_02.pdf">Decreto legislativo 7/3/2005, n. 82 (Codice dell'Amministrazione Digitale)</a></td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Latvia</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=204802">Law on electronic signature, 2002</a></td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/textescoordonnes/recueils/COMMERCE_ELECTRONIQUE/SIGNATURE_ELECTRONIQUE.pdf">Loi du 14 août 2000 relative au commerce électronique, 2000</a> (in French)</td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Malta</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://docs.justice.gov.mt/lom/legislation/english/leg/vol_13/chapt426.pdf">Maltese Electronic Commerce Act 2001, last amended 2005</a></td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Netherlands</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.e-overheid.nl/thema/juridisch/handtekeningen/handtekeningen.html">Wet Elektronische Handtekeningen (WET) of 21st of May 2003</a> (in Dutch)</td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Norway</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-20010615-081.html">Electronic Signature Act, 2001</a> (in Norwegian).</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.legi-internet.ro/en/e-sign.htm">Law on the Electronic Signature, 455/2001</a> (unofficial translation) </td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<trvalign="top">
<td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www2.gov.si/zak/Zak_vel.nsf/4c1d8c547755fffac1256616002dd5e1/c12563a400338836c12568fd00505349?OpenDocument">Electronic Business and Electronic Signature Act</a> (in Slovene)</td>
</tr>
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<td><i>Spain</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.aeat.es/descarga/ley59_2003.pdf">Ley 59/2003 , de 19 de diciembre, de firma electrónica</a> (in Spanish)</td>
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<td><i>Sweden</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=2000:832">Qualified Electronic Signatures Act (SFS 2000:832)</a>) (in Swedish)</td>
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<td><ahref="http://www.pts.se/Archive/Documents/SE/engelsk%20oversattning%20av%20lag%20elektroniska%20signaturer.pdf">SFS 2000:832 in English translation</a></td>
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<td><i>Switzerland</i>:</td>
<td><ahref="http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/c943_03.html">Federal Law on Certification Services Concerning the Electronic Signature, 2003</a></td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="orange"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Belgium</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.be</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Bulgaria</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.bg</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Denmark</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.dk</td><td></td></tr>
<td>NIC AT</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Estonia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.ee</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Greece</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.gr</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Hungary</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.hu</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Italy</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.it</td><td></td></tr>
<td></td><tdalign="center">.be</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Latvia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.lv</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Lithuania</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.lt</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Luxembourg</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.lu</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Malta</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.ml</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="green"size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Netherlands</i></td><td>Stichting Internet Domain<br>Registratie ("SIDN")</td><td><atitle="SIDN"href="http://www.sidn.nl/">www.sidn.nl</a></td><tdalign="center">.nl</td><td><atitle=".nl WHOIS"href="http://http://www.sidn.nl/ace.php/c,727,4015,,,,Zoeken_naar_domeinnaam-gegevens.html">search</a></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Portugal</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.pt</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Romania</i>:</td><td>Nat. Inst. for R&D and Informatics</td><td><atitle="NIC RO"href="http://www.nic.ro">www.nic.ro</a></td><tdalign="center">.ro</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Slovakia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.sk</td><td></td></tr>
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<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Slovenia</i>:</td><td><atitle="to be completed"href="http"></a></td><td></td><tdalign="center">.si</td><td></td></tr>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="red"size="+2">•</font></td><td><i>Spain</i>:</td><td>Network Inf. Center</td><td><atitle="Network Information Center of Spain"href="http"></a></td><tdalign="center">.es</td><td></td></tr>
<td><i>Cyprus</i>:</td>
<trvalign="top"><td><fontcolor="green"size="+1">•</font></td><td><i>Sweden</i>:</td><td>.SE </td><td><atitle=".SE internet infrastructure foundation"href="http://www.iis.se">www.se</a></td><tdalign="center">.se</td><td><ahref="http://www.iss.se/domains/domainandcontactsearch">search</a></td></tr>