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The legislation applicable to the CertDigital trust services: European Union law and Romanian law. The links lead to the official texts, published on EUR-Lex and on the Legislative Portal of the Romanian Ministry of Justice.
The list was last checked on 25.10.2026. Only the texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union and in the Official Gazette of Romania are legally binding. The copies on this page are kept for the record only.
European Union – the eIDAS framework
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (eIDAS)
in forceAmended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183. The consolidated version is also available on EUR-Lex.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing the European Digital Identity Framework (eIDAS 2)
in force
eIDAS implementing acts applicable to the CertDigital services
Reference standards and procedures for the qualified trust services provided by CertDigital or in the process of qualification.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2530 requirements for qualified trust service providers: notifications, risk management, termination plans
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1572 notification of the intention to start providing a qualified trust service, and its verification
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1566 verification of the identity and attributes of the persons to whom qualified certificates or qualified attestations of attributes are issued
in forceApplies from 19.08.2027.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1943 reference standards for qualified certificates for electronic signatures and electronic seals
in forceCommission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/650 standards for the security assessment of qualified signature and seal creation devices
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1567 management of remote qualified electronic signature and seal creation devices as qualified trust services
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1929 qualified electronic time stamps
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1945 validation of qualified electronic signatures and seals
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1942 qualified validation services for qualified electronic signatures and seals
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1946 qualified preservation services for qualified electronic signatures and seals
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1944 qualified electronic registered delivery services
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2532 qualified electronic archiving services
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2531 qualified electronic ledgers
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1569 qualified electronic attestations of attributes and attestations issued by or on behalf of a public sector body
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/248 reference formats of advanced electronic signatures and seals
in forceReplaces Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1506.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2162 accreditation of conformity assessment bodies and conformity assessment reports
in forceCommission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2164 trusted lists (amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1505)
in force
European Union – data protection and cybersecurity
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR)
in forceDirective (EU) 2022/2555 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (NIS 2)
in forceCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 technical and methodological requirements of cybersecurity risk-management measures, including for trust service providers
in force
Romania – trust services
Law No 214/2024 on the use of electronic signatures and time stamps and the provision of trust services based on them
in forceOfficial Gazette No 647 of 08.07.2024. It repealed Law No 455/2001 and Law No 451/2004.
Order No 102/2026 of the Minister of Economy, Digitalisation, Entrepreneurship and Tourism approving the procedure for granting, suspending and withdrawing the qualified trust service provider status, the registration procedures for non-qualified providers, the supervision, control and sanctions procedure and the rules for approving validation mechanisms
in forceOfficial Gazette No 81 of 02.02.2026; in force since 03.04.2026. It repealed Order No 449/2017.
Romania – archiving
Law No 135/2007, republished on the archiving of electronic documents
in forceTitle and content amended by Law No 201/2024.
Order No 20.717/2024 of the Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation approving the technical rules on the accreditation of electronic archive administrators and the endorsement of electronic archiving systems
in forceIt repealed Order No 493/2009.
National Archives Law No 16/1996, republished as amended
in forceMethodological rules of 26.09.2023 on the application of certain provisions of the National Archives Law No 16/1996, approved by Order No 151/2023 of the Minister of Internal Affairs
in forceOfficial Gazette No 895 of 05.10.2023.
Romania – data protection and cybersecurity
Law No 190/2018 on measures implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
in forceGovernment Emergency Ordinance No 155/2024 establishing a framework for the cybersecurity of networks and information systems in the national civil cyberspace (NIS 2)
in forceApproved by Law No 124/2025.
Repealed or superseded acts
Acts previously published on the website, kept for the record. They no longer apply in the form below.
Law No 455/2001 on electronic signatures
repealedRepealed by Law No 214/2024 (Article 35).
Technical and methodological rules of 13.12.2001 for the application of Law No 455/2001 on electronic signatures (approved by Government Decision No 1259/2001)
supersededThe rules applied Law No 455/2001, which has been repealed.
Law No 451/2004 on time stamps
repealedRepealed by Law No 214/2024 (Article 35).
Order No 492/2009 of the Minister of Communications and Information Society on the technical and methodological rules for the application of Law No 451/2004 on time stamps
supersededThe rules applied Law No 451/2004, which has been repealed.
Order No 449/2017 of the Minister of Communications and Information Society on the procedure for granting, suspending and withdrawing the qualified trust service provider status
repealedRepealed as of 03.04.2026 by Order No 102/2026 (Article 7).
Order No 137/2013 of the Minister of Internal Affairs approving the methodological rules on the application of certain provisions of the National Archives Law No 16/1996
supersededThe methodological rules of 26.09.2023 (Order No 151/2023) now apply.
Order No 137/2013 of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Official text · Legislative Portal text in RomanianOrder No 137/2013 of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Official Gazette No 619/2013 (scan, in Romanian) PDF, 5.2 MB, 16 pagesOrder No 137/2013 of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Text of the 2013 rules (in Romanian) PDF, 221 KB, 9 pagesLaw No 138/2013 amending and supplementing the National Archives Law No 16/1996
supersededAmending act: the current text is Law No 16/1996, republished.
Other material previously published
Material kept for the record. The version in force of these acts should be checked at the official source.
Information note (2017) “The eIDAS Regulation on electronic signatures”
information materialInformation material with no legal force; it refers to the original text of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014.
CNAS Order No 974/2010 on the use of electronic means of remote transmission in the settlement of medical services, medicines and medical devices
check the official sourceThe copy reflects the version of 01.04.2011.
Order No 858/2008 of the Minister of Economy and Finance on the filing of tax returns by electronic means of remote transmission
check the official source