​Procedure regarding the testing of electronic signatures

The procedure regarding the testing of electronic signatures represents a safe way of streamlining the processes related to the document flow that needs to be electronically signed. Reducing operational costs and efficient time management are the main advantages of this useful and indispensable tool for the digitization of institutional processes. The verification of an electronic signature is a very important step that a user, individual or legal entity, using that electronic signature must take.

The procedure is intended for the verification of the qualified electronic signature, issued by trusted service providers.

At the level of member states, EU Regulation eIDAS no. 910/2014 states that a qualified electronic signature has the legal effect equivalent to a handwritten signature, being binding on the parties.

In Romania, the use of electronic signatures is regulated by Law no. 208 of July 21, 2021, for the approval of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 36/2021 regarding the use of advanced electronic signatures or qualified electronic signatures, accompanied by an electronic timestamp or qualified electronic timestamp and the employer’s qualified electronic seal in the field of labor relations, and for the amendment and completion of some normative acts.

Who are the qualified electronic signature providers accepted on the PCUe platform?
National providers:
S.C. Trans Sped S.R.L.- www.transsped.ro
S.C. Digisign S.A- www.digisign.ro
S.C. Certsign S.A.- www.certsign.ro
S.C. Alfatrust Certification S.A.- www.alfasign.ro
S.C. Centrul de Calcul S.A.- www.certdigital.ro
European providers:
The electronic signature providers from the EU can be found in the trusted list published on the European Commission website, https://eidas.ec.europa.eu/efda/tl-browser/#/screen/home

For testing the electronic signature, submit the request and upload the required documents.

If, when uploading the document, you receive the error "Invalid electronic signature", the digital signature applied on the document is not a qualified electronic signature or does not meet the security conditions for a qualified electronic signature.

To check what type of electronic signature you have (advanced or qualified), as well as whether it has security issues, upload the electronically signed document in the DSS web application (Digital Signature Service), provided by the European Commission, accessible at the link below:

DSS Demonstration WebApp (europa.eu)

Privacy notice: Please note that, by using the functionality offered by the above link to the DSS web application, your electronically signed files will be transmitted to the infrastructure of the European Commission. By your action, you agree to this data transmission and we strongly advise you to use documents that do not contain sensitive data.

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