Article 7:
The signatory, referred to in Article 6 above, is the natural person, acting on his own behalf or for that of
the natural or legal person he represents, who implements a signature creation device electronic.
Article 8:
The electronic signature creation device consists of hardware and / or software intended to implement
the electronic signature creation data, comprising the distinctive elements characterizing the signatory,
such as the private cryptographic key, used by him to create an electronic signature.
Article 9:
The certificate of conformity, provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 6 above, shall be issued by the
national accreditation and supervisory authority for electronic certification provided for in Article 15 of
this law, when the electronic signature creation device meets the following requirements:
1) to ensure by technical means and appropriate procedures that the electronic signature creation data:
(a) can not be established more than once and their confidentiality is assured;
(b) can not be found by deduction and the electronic signature is protected against forgery;
(c) can be satisfactorily protected by the signatory against any use by third parties.
2) not to alter or modify the content of the act to be signed and not to prevent the signatory from
having an exact knowledge of it before signing it.
Article 10:
The link between the electronic signature verification data and the signatory is evidenced by an
electronic certificate, which consists of a document drawn up in electronic form.
This electronic certificate can be simple or secure.
Article 11:
The electronic certificate, provided for in Article 10 above, is a secure electronic certificate, when issued
by an electronic certification service provider approved by the National Authority for Accreditation and
Supervision of the certification and includes the following data:
(a) a statement that the certificate is issued as a secure electronic certificate;
(b) the identity of the electronic certification service provider, as well as the name of the State in which
it is established;
(c) the name of the signatory or a pseudonym when it exists, which must then be identified as such,
holder of the secure electronic certificate;
(d) where applicable, an indication of the quality of the signatory according to the use for which the
electronic certificate is intended;
e) the data that allows verification of the secure electronic signature;
f) identification of the beginning and end of the validity period of the electronic certificate;
(g) the identity code of the electronic certificate;