Law n°83-2000 translated for information purpose - Not to be quoted Law n°: 2000-83 of August 9th, 2000, related to the Electronic Exchanges and Electronic Commerce Bill (Translated from the official Arabic text for information purposes only, not to be quoted) Chapter I: General Regulations Article 1: This law has been provided for the general organizing electronic exchanges and electronic commerce. Electronic exchanges and electronic commerce are subject to legislation and regulations in use as long as they are not in contradiction with this law. Electronic contracts are governed by written contracts procedures concerning the expression of will its legal power, its validity, its execution liability as long as they are not in contradiction with this law. Article 2: Under this law, the following terms mean: • Electronic exchanges: exchanges that are accomplished using electronic documents and files. • Electronic commerce: commercial transactions that are accomplished using electronic exchanges. • Electronic certificate: the electronic document secured by the electronic signature of the issuing individual through which he certifies, after inspection, the validity of data included within. • Certificate service provider: any individual or organization that establishes, delivers, and administers certificates and provides other services related to electronic signature. • Encryption : either the use of symbols or signs that are made unavailable, which make information to be transmitted or sent not comprehensible to others or the use of symbols or signs without which information cannot be attained. • Signature establishment solution: a single set of personal encryption elements or a set of applications specifically designed to establish an electronic signature. • Signature verification solution: a set of public encryption elements or a set of applications that make it possible to verity the digital signature. • Electronic payment method: a method that allows its owner to make remote direct payment operations via public telecommunications networks. • Product: any service or product be natural, agricultural, craftwork or industrial and tangible or intangible. Article 3: The use of encryption in electronic exchanges and electronic commerce via public telecommunications networks is regulated by the Telecommunications Value Added Services regulations. Chapter II: The Electronic Document and the Electronic Signature Article 4: Storage of an electronic document is considered as valid as the storage of a written document. The sender vows to keep an electronic document in the same condition as it was sent and the recipient vows to keep this document in the same condition as it was received. The electronic document stored on an electronic support that allows: • To check its content all along its validity • To store its final version in a way to guarantee the integrity of its content • To store information related to its origin and destination as well as the date place of its transmission and delivery. Article 5: Any person who wants to sign electronic document may do so by establishing his digital signature using a certified solution whose technical specifications are laid down by a decree from the minister in charge of telecommunications.