International Aspects

EESSI - (European Electronic Signature Standardisation Initiative)

The link below takes you to the Information and Communications Standards Board (ICTSB) homepages, for information about EESSI:




CEN - (European Committee for Standardization)

The link below takes you to the list of CEN Workshop Agreeements (CWAs) that were produced by the workshop on electronic signatures, which is now closed:

CWAs on electronic signatures

EC Directives

The link below takes you to the European Union's website and the search engine for that site, plus more specific links relating to the Electronic Signatures Directive.

EC Directives

Directive 1999/93/EC (Electronic Signature) - PDF

Member State notifications under Article 11 of the Directive.




Further relevant documents can be found within the library.