The Assembly of the Republic of Albania, ratified the Law on Electronic Signature in February 2008, and in May 2009 the Council of Ministers approved the Ordinance on Electronic Signature, and the Ordinance on Costs and Fees. Other Laws that have been approved or will be approved in the future as the law for public procurement, e-commerce, e-government, electronic document together with the usage of the ID card will allow the widespread use of electronic signatures.

The Law, Ordinance and other technical guides are based on the European Union Directive 1999/93/CE. This Directive, approved in 1999 by the European Council and the European Parliament created the framework where all the members of the Union based their legislation on electronic signatures. This directive facilitates the coordination and creates a single system of reference among all members of the European Union.

The 1999/93/CE Directive is the result of the work from specialist from the most advanced countries in this field, and is an important reference to all the countries that candidate to become a member of the EU.

• Law No. 9880 dated 02/25/2008, "For Electronic Signature"
• On an amendment to the Law no. 9880 dated 25.02.2008."
• Statutory Ordinance on Electronic Signature."
• Statutory Ordinance for Costs and Fees."
• Structure of the National Authority for Electronic Certification.
• On the placement of the NAEC under the dependency of the State Minister.
• Directive 1999/93/CE.
• Directive 2000/709/CE.

Following the Law and Ordinances the NAEC has published important guides that will be valuable for everyone that mean to issue or make use of the electronic signatures. These documents can be found under Information.

Next page-Standards

In the electronic signature area the standards recognized in the European Union are specified by ETSI and CEN. According to their specific purposes they are divided as follows:
- The organizational and administrative principles of a Certification Service Provider should be in conformity with ETSI TS 101 456 document.;-Usage of time-stamps should be in accordance with ETSI TS 102 023 document;

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