Activities carried by ETSI and CEN for building up the new rationalizedframework of EU electronic signatures.

[Juan Carlos Cruellas <cruellas@ac.upc.edu>]

Dear all,

I forgot to circulate an email providing five cents on the rationalized 
European framework of Standards on Electronic Signatures.

In December 2009, the EC published the mandate M/460 “STANDARDISATION 
MANDATE TO THE EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION ORGANISATIONS CEN, CENELEC AND 
ETSI IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED 
TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES”
(http://www.etsi.org/WebSite/document/aboutETSI/EC_Mandates/m460.pdf)

That mandate targets at achieving, within the EU, full cross-border 
interoperability of electronic signatures. One of the first tasks 
identified by the EC is to produce a rationalized framework of standards 
for electronci signatures, as well a number of issues that could be 
quickly fixed within the standardizaiton arena (quick fixes).

The two European standardization organizations, ETSI and CEN raised a 
proposal for the what would be the first phase of activities within this 
mandate, which the EC accepted. As a result of this acceptance, at 
present 4 ETSI STFs (Specialists Task Forces) and some other CEN 
projects (I do not remember by heart their acronyms, and names, but I 
can try to find them out), have been set up.

May I suggest that if you are interested you take a look to the links 
that I copy below? Should you need further clarification, please do not 
hesitate in contacting me...

STF-425: “Electronic Signature Standardisation in Rationalised Framework 
– Phase 1 a”.
http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF425/STF425.asp

STF-426: “Quick fixes to electronic signatures profiles – Phase 1b”.
http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF426/STF426.asp

STF-427: “Quick fixes to electronic signatures standards – Phase 1b”.
http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF427/STF427.asp

STF-428: “Quick fixes to testing of electronic signatures standards”.
http://portal.etsi.org/stfs/STF_HomePages/STF428/STF428.asp

Regards

Juan Carlos