Question: What is the electronic signature?
Answer: Answer: An electronic signature is an electronic verification tool. This term is commonly defined as the verification of the identity of the owner and the data singed.

Question: What is the use of an electronic signature?
Answer: An electronic signature is necessary to guarantee the integrity of the data, and to ensure the secrecy of an electronic document. Also, the electronic signature does not allow the duplication of the electronic document by an unauthorized party.

Question: What is the legal validity of electronic signatures?
Answer: The electronic document that contains the name of the signer and his qualified signature has the same legal validity as a handwritten signature.

Question: How can we obtain an electronic signature?
Answer: Qualified electronic signatures and qualified certificates are issued by a Certification Service Provider registered by the National Authority for Electronic Signature (AKCE). A list of the registers Certification Service Providers can be found in the official web page of the Authority, www.akce.gov.al

Question: What is a Certification Service Provider?
Answer: A Certification Service Provider is a legal or natural person, that issues qualified certificates and qualified time stamps.

Question: What is a qualified Time Stamp?
Answer: A Time Stamp confirms the exact time the document is signed rather than the validity of the document.

Acceptance and use of foreign products and electronic signatures:
1. Electronic signature and foreign products of electronic signatures are recognized and applied in conformity with agreements concluded by the Republic of Albania and foreign states for their acceptance and exchange of data
2. Procedures on establishing the security level for foreign electronic signatures and foreign products are regulated by other bylaws.