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eSignature

Signature Alliance

Administration and private partners founded the ’Signatures alliance’ in 2003. The cooperation aims at promoting the usage of electronic signatures in Germany, and delivering their benefits to both public and private service providers. All citizens should be able to use a standardised technical infrastructure, to access interoperable applications in the area of eBusiness and eGovernment, using their diverse signature cards. More information and details may be found in the document ’Requirements and convergent objectives of the Signature Alliance’ (‘Vorgaben und Konvergenzziele für das Signaturbündnis’).

Legal requirement for registration as a De-Mail provider is an 'Act to regulate De-Mail services and amendments to other legislation' which entered into force on 3 May 2011.

So far inter alia Deutsche Telekom AG, GMX.DE, WEB.DE and Mentana GmbH have become accredited De-Mail providers. Further information can be downloaded at www.de-mail.de.

eGovernment Services for Citizens

Availability and sophistication of eServices for Citizens

The information in this section presents an overview of the basic public services, which were identified by the European Commission and Member States under the Your Europeinitiativethat is an EU site designed to help citizens do things in other European countries – avoiding unnecessary inconvenience and red tape in regard to moving, living, studying, working, shopping or simply travelling abroad.

The groups of services for citizens are as follows: