The National Council of the Slovak Republic passed the Act no. 215/2002 Coll. on Electronic Signature and on the amendment and supplementing of certain acts (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) in 15th March 2002. This Act regulates relationships related to electronic signature creation and usage, the rights and obligations of corporate entities and individuals in the electronic signature usage, trustworthiness and protection of the electronic documents signed by the electronic signature. The Act came into force in 1st September 2002. It comes out from the Directive of European Union no. 1999/93/EC in December 1999.
The National Security Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the NSA”) is the central body of the state administration for the electronic signature.
Implementary regulations to the Act came into force on April 8, 2009 (English version available):
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Decree of the NSA No. 131/2009 Coll. on the format, content and administration of certificates and qualified certificates and the format, periodicity and method of issuing a list of revoked qualified certificates (on certificates and qualified certificates)
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Decree of the NSA No. 132/2009 Coll. on the conditions for providing accredited certification services and requirements for an audit, the extent of an audit and the qualification of the auditors
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Decree of the NSA No. 133/2009 Coll. on the content and extent of operational documentation kept by the certification authority and on the security rules for the execution of certification activities
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Decree of the NSA No. 134/2009 Coll. stipulating the details on requirements for secure devices for the creation of time stamps and requirements on products for the electronic signature (on electronic signature products)
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Decree of the NSA No. 135/2009 Coll. on the format and method of creating the qualified electronic signature, the method of publishing the public key of the National Security Authority, the conditions of validity for the qualified electronic signature, procedure during the verification and verification conditions of the qualified electronic signature, format of the time stamp and method of creating it, requirements on the source of time data and requirements for keeping time stamp documentation (on the creation and verification of the electronic signature and time stamp)
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Decree of the NSA No. 136/2009 Coll. on the method and procedure of using the electronic signature in business and administrative relations