The policy of electronic signatures and certificates within the scope of the General State Administration and its public bodies, as established in Article 24 of Royal Decree 1671/2009 partially implementing Law 11/2007, is made up of guidelines and technical standards applicable to the use of certificates and electronic signatures within its scope of application. Article 18 of Royal Decree 4/2010, which regulates the National Interoperability Scheme, establishes that the electronic signature and certificate policy of the General State Administration will serve as a general interoperability framework for the authentication and mutual recognition of electronic signatures within its scope of action. It also establishes that this policy may be used as a reference by other public Administrations to define the policies of certificates and signatures to be recognized within their areas of competence.
In general terms, an electronic signature policy contains a series of rules relating to electronic signatures, organized around the concepts of signature generation and validation, in a particular context (contractual, legal, legal), defining the rules and obligations of all actors involved in the process. The objective of this process is to determine the validity of the electronic signature for a particular transaction, specifying the information that the signatory should include in the signature generation process, and the information that the verifier should check in the signature validation process.
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The signature policy of the General State Administration represents the set of common criteria assumed by this administration and its related or dependent public bodies, in relation to electronic signatures.
- It includes the rules relating to electronic signatures, organised around the concepts of signature generation and validation.
- It includes the standardised and interoperable profiles of the new forms of identification of citizens and AAPP of Law 11/2007: the certificates of office, electronic seal and public employee Associated with a given context.
- Allows to reinforce confidence in electronic transactions.
- It defines the rules and obligations of all the actors involved in a signature process.
- Allows to determine the validity of the electronic signature for a particular transaction.
- A first version of the signature policy was approved by the Permanent Commission of the Superior Council of Electronic Administration in 2008. Version 1.8 was approved by the Permanent Commission of the Superior Council of Electronic Administration on 10/25/2010.
Version 1.9 approved by the Permanent Commission of the Superior Council of Electronic Administration on 30/05/2012. In the Official State Gazette No. 299 of December 13, proceeds to the publication of the Resolution of November 29, 2012, of the Secretariat of State for Public Administrations, which publishes the Agreement for approval of the Electronic Signature Policy and Certificates of the General Administration of the State and announces its publication in the corresponding office.
In the address "https://sede.administracion.gob.es/PAG_Sede/LaSedePAG/PoliticaFirmaElect..." you will find the general access point where you can find the complete text of the Signature Policy of the National Government, version 1.9, and the Certificate Profiles version 1.XXX .