The advanced electronic signature has the same legal value as that handwritten signature and produce the same effects as the latter.
An advanced electronic signature must meet the following conditions:
- The data related to signature creation shall be exclusively linked to the signatory and be under his exclusive control;
- Each modification shall be easily detectable;
- It shall be created using a protected device which technical characteristics shall be defined by an instrument of the Minister in charge of telecommunications;
- The certificate used to generate signatures shall be a qualified certificate. An instrument of the Ministry in charge of telecommunications shall determine the criteria of the qualification of certificates.