Any person wishing to affix his electronic signature to a document can create the signature using a reliable device whose technical characteristics shall be determined by instrument of the Minister in charge of Telecommunications.
Any person using an electronic signature device must:
- Take minimum precautions fixed by the instrument referred to in section 21 of the law to avoid any illegal use of the encoding elements or personal equipment related to its signature;
- Inform the Certification Authority about any illegitimate use of his signature;
- Ensure the authenticity of all the data he declared to the electronic certification service provider and to any person he requested to trust his signature.
In the event of failure to honour the commitments under section 22 of the law, the holder of the signature shall be responsible for the injuriy caused to others.