Elektronische Signaturen werden vielerorts auf der ganzen Welt als rechtsverbindlich anerkannt. In diesem Leitfaden erfahren Sie mehr zur Rechtsverbindlichkeit elektronischer Signaturen in verschiedenen Ländern.
As a member state of the European Union, Portugal follows eIDAS, the legal framework that recognizes eSignatures as legally valid in the EU.
eIDAS applied to Portugal in 2016 and states that “An electronic signature shall not be denied legal effect and admissibility as evidence in legal proceedings solely on the grounds that it is in an electronic form or that it does not meet the requirements for qualified electronic signatures.” Following the eIDAS regulation, eSignatures are now legally valid in all EU member states.
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (the “eIDAS Regulation”)
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The eIDAS regulation defines three types of eSignature (SES, AES, QES) and is a new regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European Single Market. It establishes a legal framework for people, companies (in particular small to mid-size enterprises) and public administrations to safely access services and execute transactions digitally across all the EU member states.
eIDAS entered into force on 17 September 2014 and applied from 1 July 2016. It repealed and replaced the Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC, a European Union directive on the use of eSignatures in electronic contracts within the EU.
Bei einer einfachen elektronischen Signatur (Standard Electronic Signature; SES) bestehen Daten in elektronischer Form, die logisch mit anderen Daten in elektronischer Form verknüpft sind (zum Beispiel ein Dokument), die vom Unterzeichner der elektronischen Daten zum Unterzeichnen des Dokuments verwendet werden. Viele elektronische Hilfsmittel, darunter Passwörter, PIN-Codes und gescannte Unterschriften, können als eine SES betrachtet werden.
Eine erweiterte elektronische Signatur (Advanced Electronic Signature; AES) muss sicherstellen, dass Signaturen eindeutig mit dem Unterzeichner verbunden sind und diesen identifizieren können. Sie muss mithilfe von Daten zur Erstellung elektronischer Signaturen erstellt werden, die der Unterzeichner mit einem hohen Maß an Sicherheit unter seiner alleinigen Kontrolle verwenden kann.
A qualified electronic signature (QES) is a stricter form of AES and the only signature type given the same legal value as handwritten signatures. It is an advanced electronic signature with a qualified digital certificate that has been created by a qualified signature creation device (QSCD). The QSCD has to be issued by a qualified EU Trust Service Provider (TSP) on the European Union Trust List (EUTL.)
The law does not exclude specific types of agreements. However, certain types of agreements such as wills, court documents, land titles, may still require written, paper communications.
