Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MJU
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 856
Initiative accepted and completed: .nan
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2017-12-08'
Initiative published: '2017-12-08'
Initiative submitted: '2017-12-04'
Response from the competent authority: Answer from the Ministry of Public Administration:As
  the question refers to a qualified digital certificate and as the EU Regulation
  eIDAS, which regulates the latter, only regulates the issuance of a qualified certificate
  for electronic signatures, a qualified certificate for electronic seals and a qualified
  certificate for website authentication, we understand that the question, due to
  the reference to a personal document, refers to a qualified certificate for an electronic
  signature. Only this should be able to be stored/deleted on the personal document.
  However, as the latter is only possible in the context of an ID document that allows
  the storage of electronic data, which is currently not the case in the Republic
  of Slovenia, we understand the question to be in the direction of the issuance of
  an electronic ID document on a smart card, which would include, at the same time
  and in addition to the identification data, also a qualified certificate for electronic
  signature.We would like to clarify in the above context that Regulation (EU) No.
  Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23
  July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions
  in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014,
  p. 73; hereinafter referred to as the "eIDAS Regulation"). eIDAS Regulation applies
  to the field of electronic identification for cross-border transactions and to the
  field of trust services of providers established in the European Union. Due to the
  direct application of the European Regulation, the provisions of the Act on Electronic
  Commerce and Electronic Signatures (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia,
  No 98/04 - Official consolidated text, 61/06 - ZEPT and 46/14) relating to electronic
  signatures have become obsolete with the entry into force of the eIDAS Regulation.The
  Ministry of Public Administration is therefore preparing a new law that would also
  regulate the issuance of electronic means of identification in a systematic manner.
  In this context, we have identified different scenarios for regulating the issuance
  of electronic identification documents, one of which is based on the issuance of
  an electronic personal document on a smart card that would be given to every citizen
  of the Republic of Slovenia. As part of the examination of these concepts, we also
  held a public consultation at the end of November 2017, which supported this concept
  in principle, and the Ministry will therefore continue its activities to develop
  this concept in a new law. In the light of this preparation, we also support in
  principle the concept where the aforementioned personal electronic document - smart
  card - would also be enabled to record a qualified certificate for electronic signature
  (intended for electronic signatures), thus enabling the use of the smart card (medium)
  for both electronic proof of the identity of the person - the holder (identification),
  and electronic signatures of the holder. Given that the issuance of qualified certificates
  for electronic signature is one of the trust services which, according to the European
  regulation on services in the internal market, constitutes a commercial activity
  that can be carried out by any qualified trust service provider in the EU, it is
  essential for this type of solution to allow any qualified certificate for electronic
  signature of any qualified trust service provider in the EU to be recorded on a
  smart card. The key question here is whether or how this can be done in light of
  the technical and legal requirements of the eIDAS Regulation. Given that such a
  solution requires verification of the technical limitations and capabilities of
  the technological solutions and compliance with the aforementioned European regulation,
  we will continue with all necessary activities in this direction in 2018.
Text file: 856.txt
Title: Digital certificate on an identity document
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=856
