La valeur juridique des signatures électroniques est largement reconnue dans le monde. Lisez ce guide pour en savoir plus la légalité de la signature électronique dans différents pays.
As a member state of the European Union, Poland follows eIDAS, the legal framework that recognizes eSignatures as legally valid in the EU.
eIDAS applied to Poland 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”)
Yes.
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 It repealed and replaced the Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC, a European Union directive on the use of eSignatures in electronic contracts within the EU.
Une signature électronique standard correspond à des données électroniques logiquement reliées à d'autres données électroniques (un document, par exemple) et utilisées par le signataire des données électroniques pour signer le document. De nombreux outils électroniques, notamment les mots de passe, les codes PIN et les signatures scannées peuvent être considérés comme des signatures standard.
Une signature électronique avancée doit garantir que les signatures sont liées au signataire de manière univoque et capables de l'identifier. Elle doit être créée à l'aide de données de création de signature électronique que le signataire peut, avec un niveau de confiance élevé, utiliser sous son contrôle exclusif.
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.
