Overview of Electronic Signatures Law in Italy

Italy was among the first nations in the world to grant e-signatures the same legal status that is enjoyed by conventional wet-ink signatures.  When the European Union decided to replace the electronic signature directive (Directive199/93/CE) on July 1, 2006, Italy had already enacted a legislation of its own (Decree 513/1997), to act as guidance on matters electronic signature. Nonetheless, later in the year 2000, because of the different definitions given by the European Union directive, the Italian domestic laws on e-signatures had to be modified to some extent.

Additional modifications to the same legislation were made in 2002 and 2003 for the purposes of simplifying the Italian definition of various types of electronic signatures. However, the evolution relating to e signature laws recently came to a halt, thanks to the Digital Administration Code (DAC), which was introduced in Jan 2006. The DAC provides an updated legislation on electronic documents and electronic signatures and the legal weight they carry. Basically, DAC outlines the requirements with which electronic documents must meet in order to be considered valid under Italian law.

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