qualified trust service provider
An accredited provider of qualified trust services (e.g., e-signatures).
Definition
A provider certified or approved to deliver qualified trust services (such as qualified electronic signatures, seals, and timestamps) that comply with eIDAS and the Code's technical and security requirements. The Code empowers competent authorities to maintain registers/lists of such providers and subjects them to supervisory rules and interoperability obligations.
Related Terms
qualified electronic signature
An e-signature with legal equivalence to a handwritten signature....
electronic identification and trust services
eID, eSignature, eTimestamp and related trust services....
TF provider
An organisation accredited to provide digital identity services....
electronic seal
A qualified trust-service artefact authenticating data from a public body....
accredited digital identity service
A digital identity service accredited under the TF regime....