An electronic attestation of attributes issued by a public sector body that is responsible for an authentic source or by a public sector body designated by the Member State to issue such attestations of attributes on behalf of the public sector bodies responsible for authentic sources in accordance with Article 45f and with Annex VII
Article 45f of eIDAS2 (32024R1183):
- 1. An electronic attestation of attributes issued by or on behalf of a public sector body responsible for an authentic source shall meet the following requirements:
- (a) those set out in Annex VII;
- (b) the qualified certificate supporting the qualified electronic signature or qualified electronic seal of the public sector body referred to in Article 3, point (46), identified as the issuer referred to in point (b) of Annex VII, containing a specific set of certified attributes in a form suitable for automated processing and:
- (i) indicating that the issuing body is established in accordance with Union or national law as the responsible for the authentic source on the basis of which the electronic attestation of attributes is issued or as the body designated to act on its behalf;
- (ii) providing a set of data unambiguously representing the authentic source referred to in point (i); and
- (iii) identifying the Union or national law referred to in point (i).
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Last updated: 23 August 2026.