Law n°83-2000 translated for information purpose - Not to be quoted
The owner of the certificate or a third party objects to the suspension decision of the
certification services provider on the date of its publication in the electronic record
mentioned in Article 14 this act.
Article 20: The certification services provider revokes the certificate immediately
when the following conditions occur:
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Upon request of the certificate owner ;
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Upon being informed of the death of the person or the dissolution of the
corporate body owner of the certificate;
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Upon conclusion after thorough testing after its withdrawal, that the
information is false or counterfeit or that it does not correspond to reality or
that the signature establishment solution has been breached or that the
certificate has been used in a forged manner.
The owner of the certificate or a third party objects to the revoke decision of the
certification service provider on the date of its publication in the electronic record
mentioned in Article 14 of this act.
Article 21: The owner of the certificate is the sole responsible on the confidentiality
and the security of the signature establishment solution he is using, and any use of
this solution is considered emanating from him.
The owner of the certificate shall inform the certification services provider on any
change of information included in the certificate.
The owner of the suspended or revoked certificate; ay not use the personal signature
encryption elements of that certificate to seek certification of the same elements anew
at another certification services provider.
Article 22: The certification services provider shall be responsible on each one of the
damages ensuing to every person who trusted in good will in the guarantees
mentioned in Article 18 of this act.
The certification services provider shall also be responsible on the damage ensuing to
every person caused by failure to suspending or revoking of a certificate according to
Articles 19 and 20 of this act.
The certification services provider shall not be responsible on the damage ensuing
from the non6compliance by the owner of the certificate with its usage rules or with
the rules of his signature establishment solution.
Article 23: Certifications delivered by a certification services provider residing in a
foreign country shall be considered the same as certificates delivered by a certification
services provider residing in Tunisia if the foreign provider is recognized within the
context of a mutual recognition agreement signed by The National Certification
Agency.
Article 24: The certification services provider that intends to cease its activities shall
inform The National Certification Agency at least three months prior to the date of
cessation of activities.
The certification services provider may transfer a portion or all of its activities over to
another provider, such transfer shall occur according to the following rules:
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Informing the owners of active certificates of his intention to transfer the
certificates to another provider one month at least prior to the expected
transfer;
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Informing the owners of the certificates of the possibility of refusing the
expected transfer as well as of the deadlines and methods for the refusal.
Certificates, whose owners expressed by this deadline their refusal in writing
or electronically, shall be revoked,.
In the case of death or bankruptcy or dissolution or liquidation of the certification
services provider, his inheritors or his agents or the liquidators are subject to the
provisions of paragraph two of this Article during a three-month deadline period.
In all cases of cessation of activity, personal information that remained under
the control of the provider shall be destroyed in the presence of a representative of
The National Certification Agency.