International Aspects

EESSI - (European Electronic Signature Standardisation Initiative)
The link below takes you to the Information and Communications Standards Board (ICTSB) homepages, for information about EESSI:

  • EESSI standards


    •  CEN - (European Committee for Standardization)
    The link below takes you to the list of CEN Workshop Agreeements (CWAs) that were produced by the workshop on electronic signatures, which is now closed:
  • CWAs on electronic signatures


    •  EC Directives
    The link below takes you to the European Union's website and the search engine for that site, plus more specific links relating to the Electronic Signatures Directive.
  • EC Directives


  • Directive 1999/93/EC (Electronic Signature) - PDF


  • Member State notifications under Article 11 of the Directive.



    • Further relevant documents can be found within the library.